Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A suffix of Japanese ship names.
- n. linguistics, colloquial A diacritic ( ゜ ) used with Japanese kana to change an h to a p.
- n. A large, circular punctuation mark ( 。 ) used as a full stop in Japanese text.
Etymologies
- From Japanese 円, 丸 (まる, maru), "circle; suffix for ship names". (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In Japanese, the word maru means “circle”; the Japanese believe that ships complete a circle and return loved ones home safely.”
“Maru derives from the Japanese word maru, meaning “circle.””
“Paleoglot: Etruscan 'maru' : A non-existent title skip to main”
“Another important oddity of this word is never explained by either Pallottino or any of his academic followers to date: Why do we find so many alternate forms *all* translated the same way, such as maru, marnu, marniu, maruχva, marunuχ or marunuχva?”
“Since that voyage was the last Pacific cruise of the ship Hikawa-maru, the pier was filled with people (Fig. 4).”
“The ship Hikawa-maru leaving Yokohama on August 27, 1960.”
“One of the big stories doing the rounds in Japan is the number of people getting busted for possession of maru, and the general moral panic over the matter.”
“September 4, 2009 at 4:43 am widdl kittehz sewwwwww kyoot, lookit lookit nu movink toi! ohnevahmin… iz mai tayl ai wash da booful maru… saink alowd ‘sumbish, kitteh guna figger owt howto opin dat!’ an she diddit. ai yam impwest.”
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“May 26, 2009 at 12:09 am in japonees, “maru” means round…. oar teh nummer zero.”
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“July 25, 2009 at 7:24 pm lol, i lubs maru, himz win an awsum!”
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