まるい

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
丸い
円い

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「丸い」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 丸く まるく
Terminal (終止形) 丸い まるい
まるい
Attributive (連体形) 丸い まるい
Key constructions
Informal negative 丸くない まるくない
Informal past 丸かった まるかった
Informal negative past 丸くなかった まるくなかった
Formal 丸いです まるいです
Conjunctive 丸くて まるくて
Conditional 丸ければ まるければ

Adjective

まるい • (marui) -i (adverbial まるく (maruku))

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

Inflection

Inflection of まるい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) まるかろ marukaro
Continuative (連用形) まるく maruku
Terminal (終止形) まるい marui
Attributive (連体形) まるい marui
Hypothetical (仮定形) まるけれ marukere
Imperative (命令形) まるかれ marukare
Key constructions
Informal negative まるくない maruku nai
Informal past まるかった marukatta
Informal negative past まるくなかった maruku nakatta
Formal まるいです marui desu
Formal negative まるくないです maruku nai desu
Formal past まるかったです marukatta desu
Formal negative past まるくなかったです maruku nakatta desu
Conjunctive まるくて marukute
Conditional まるければ marukereba
Provisional まるかったら marukattara
Volitional まるかろう marukarō
Adverbial まるく maruku
Degree まるさ marusa
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