丸々

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
丸 丸
まる
Grade: 2 		まる
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
丸丸
○○

Etymology 1

Reduplication of 丸(まる) (maru)

Pronunciation

Adverb

丸(まる)々(まる) • (marumaru) 

  1. entirely, completely, wholly
    Synonyms: 全く, 全体
    街(まち)が丸(まる)々(まる)改(かい)変(へん)された
    machi ga marumaru kaihen sareta
    the street was altered completely

Etymology 2

Adverb

丸(まる)々(まる) • (marumaru) 

  1. plump, rotund, chubby
    丸(まる)々(まる)太(ふと)った
    marumaru futotta
    being chubby

Verb

丸(まる)々(まる)する • (marumaru suru) suru (stem 丸(まる)々(まる)し (marumaru shi), past 丸(まる)々(まる)した (marumaru shita))

  1. to be plump, rotund, chubby
Conjugation
Conjugation of "丸々する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 丸々し まるまるし marumaru shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 丸々し まるまるし marumaru shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 丸々する まるまるする marumaru suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 丸々する まるまるする marumaru suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 丸々すれ まるまるすれ marumaru sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 丸々せよ¹
丸々しろ² 		まるまるせよ¹
まるまるしろ² 		marumaru seyo¹
marumaru shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 丸々される まるまるされる marumaru sareru
Causative 丸々させる
丸々さす 		まるまるさせる
まるまるさす 		marumaru saseru
marumaru sasu
Potential 丸々できる まるまるできる marumaru dekiru
Volitional 丸々しよう まるまるしよう marumaru shiyō
Negative 丸々しない まるまるしない marumaru shinai
Negative continuative 丸々せず まるまるせず marumaru sezu
Formal 丸々します まるまるします marumaru shimasu
Perfective 丸々した まるまるした marumaru shita
Conjunctive 丸々して まるまるして marumaru shite
Hypothetical conditional 丸々すれば まるまるすれば marumaru sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 3

Written in the form of ○(まる)○(まる) (marumaru)

Pronunciation

Noun

丸(まる)々(まる) • (marumaru) 

  1. symbol used as a placeholder
    ○(まる)○(まる)が好(す)き
    marumaru ga suki
    I like (something something)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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