Maru Definition

noun
A suffix of Japanese ship names.
The Nippon Maru.
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(linguistics, colloquial) A diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change an h to a p.

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A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.

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Origin of Maru

  • From Japanese 円, 丸 (まる, maru), "circle; suffix for ship names".

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Maru Sentence Examples

  • Shirase in 1910 and left Japan in that year on board the " Kainan Maru."

  • He was the first officer sent by the Tokugawa government to study naval science in Europe, and after going through a course of instruction in Holland he returned in command of the frigate "Kaiyo Maru," built at Amsterdam to order of the Yedo administration.

  • Two trips were required of one barge towed by a small tugboat to get the Americans and Australians to the Dai Mogi Maru.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAR

Words Ending With

URU

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Words Starting With M and Ending With U

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With M4 Letter Words Ending With U