丸まる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
まる
Grade: 2

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) るまる [màrúmárú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ɾɯ̟ma̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

(まる)まる • (marumaruintransitive godan (stem (まる)まり (marumari), past (まる)まった (marumatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 丸める
mediopassive 丸まる
  1. to become round; to huddle; to curl up
    (まる)まって()
    marumatte neru
    to huddle and sleep
    背中(せなか)(まる)まる
    senaka ga marumaru
    The back is curved.

Conjugation