丸 (Maru) is a Japanese noun meaning “circle, entirety, whole, full”.
Meanings
- nouncircle
- noun, noun prefixentirety; whole; full; complete
- nounmoney; dough; moola
- nounenclosure inside a castle's wallsesp. 丸
- nounsoft-shelled turtle
- suffixsuffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.esp. 丸
Examples
赤丸で囲む。
Circle in red pencil.
地図の赤丸は学校を示す。
Red circles on the map mark schools.
今日から丸１日お願いします。
For a full day from today please.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).