English

Etymology
From Japanese �, 丸 (��, maru), "circle; suffix for ship names".

Noun
maru

1. A suffix of Japanese ship names. The Nippon Maru
2. context|linguistics|colloquial A diacritic ( � ) used with Japanese kana to change an h to a p.
3. A large, circular punctuation mark ( � ) used as a full stop in Japanese text.

Synonyms
(2) handakuten

See also
dakuten
nigori
tenten, ten-ten, ten ten

Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=��

1. 丸, �, �, �: circle
2. 丸: A suffix of Japanese ship names.
3. �: context|linguistics|colloquial a diacritic ( �) used with Japanese kana to change an h to a p.
4. �: A large, circular punctuation mark ( � ) used as a full stop in Japanese text.

io:maru

• 2007-10-17 15:18 - Interwicket - iwiki +io

Full Revision History