まるつけ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
丸付け 丸つけ

Etymology

From 丸(まる) (maru) + 付(つ)け (tsuke). Literally, “placing circles”, referring to the ○(まる) (maru) symbol used to indicate that something is correct.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠ɾɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝke̞]

Noun

まるつけ • (marutsuke) 

1. (education) grading answers