maru
Speech parts
1. maru - Noun
2. Maru - Proper noun
Meaning
(prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names.
the Nippon Maru
(colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
Synonym: handakuten
A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.
Maru
Synonym of Lhao Vo (“a Burmish language”)
Maru
A Māori god of war.
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Examples
To the brave crew and passengers of the Kobayshi Maru...sucks to be you.
Akagane Maru exploded and sank with all hands.
Andrew’s appointment is the latest of several recent senior hires for Maru Group.
At 02:45 Japan Standard Time (JST), the Japanese auxiliary cruiser Shinano Maru observed three lights on what appeared to be a vessel on the distant horizon and closed to investigate.
At 04:55, Captain Narukawa of the Shinano Maru sent a message to Admiral Tōgō in Masampo that the "Enemy is in square 203".
In return, "non-official" Americans (secretaries, butlers, cooks, embassy staff workers, etc.) previously held by the Japanese Army boarded the Gripsholm while the Teia Maru headed for Tokyo.