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Japanese
Etymology 1
From Old Japanese. Attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 in the compound 諸木舟 (moroki fune, “a boat or ship constructed of many pieces of lumber”).[1]
Pronunciation
Prefix
もろ • (moro-) ←もろ (moro-)?
- 諸, 双, 両: both, double
- 諸手、諸腰、諸刃、双親、両筈
- morote, morokoshi, moroha, morōya, morohazu
- both hands, both hips, double-bladed, both parents, both nocks (a sumo move wherein the wrestler gets both arms under the opponent's arms and pushes)
- 諸: many, various, all of
- 諸人、諸諸、諸越
- morobito, moromoro, morokoshi
- many people / all of the people, lots of things / various things, all those Yue / the Hundred Yue (a confederation of tribes in ancient China)
- 諸: indicating something done by many people or things together
- 諸声、諸向き
- morogoe, moromuki
- a chorus / voices in harmony, everyone or everything facing the same direction
Derived terms
Adverb
もろ or モロ • (moro)
- (informal) Alternative form of もろに (moro ni, “entirely”)
- ○○の影響がモロですね。
- ○○ No eikyō ga moro desu ne.
- The influence of X is very thorough.
- 顔がモロですね。
- Kao ga moro desu ne.
- Their face is very much so.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
The reading of various names.
Proper noun
もろ • (Moro)
- 毛呂, 茂呂, 毛籠, 毛路, 茂籠, 茂路, 師: a surname
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