まるい

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Japanese

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Alternative spellings
丸い
円い

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From classical まろし (maroshi). Compare わるい (warui) < わろし (waroshi).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「丸い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 丸く るく [màrúkú]
Terminal (終止形) 丸い るい
[màrúí]
[màrúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 丸い るい [màrúí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 丸くない るくな [màrúkúnáꜜì]
Informal past 丸かった かった [màrúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 丸くなかった るくなかった [màrúkúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 丸いです いです [màrúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 丸くて くて [màrúꜜkùtè]
Conditional 丸ければ ければ [màrúꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

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まるい (marui-i (adverbial まるく (maruku))

  1. round; circular
  2. (of a person) with a gentle personality

Inflection

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