丸 - N2 Kanji

Meaning of 丸意味

round, full (month), perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away

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丸 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

まる maru
まる.める maru.meru
まる.い maru.i

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ガン gan

Examples

我々は丸一ヶ月間、ブロードウェーで出演予定です。

We’re booked for the whole month on Broadway.

ジョンとキャシーは興味も性格も違う。その二人を一緒にさせようとするのは丸穴に角釘を打つようなものだ。

John and Cathy have different tastes and different characters. Trying to get them together is like putting a square peg in a round hole.

地図の赤丸は学校を示す。

Red circles on the map mark schools.

赤丸で囲む。

Circle in red pencil.

今日から丸１日お願いします。

For a full day from today please.

明日雨が降れば、丸１週間雨が続くことになる。

It will have been raining a whole week if it is rainy tomorrow.

まる１週間働いたので日曜日はのんびりしました。

After working all week, we took it easy on Sunday.

彼女は我々のもてなしをいいことに、一銭も払わずに丸一ヶ月滞在した。

She took advantage of our hospitality and stayed a whole month without paying us anything.

Back to list JLPT N2 Kanji 4

湾 gulf, bay, inlet

録 record

省 focus, government ministry, conserve

旧 old times, old things, old friend, former, ex-

橋 bridge