丸・円|まるmaru[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncircle
   ジョンとキャシーは興味きょうみも性格せいかくも違ちがう。その二人ふたりを一緒いっしょにさせようとするのは丸穴まるあなに角かど釘くぎを打うつようなものだ。↗

   John and Cathy have different tastes and different characters. Trying to get them together is like putting a square peg in a round hole.
2. noun, noun (prefix)entirety; whole; full; complete
   我々われわれは丸まる一いちヶ月かげつ間かん、ブロードウェーで出演しゅつえん予定よていです。↗

   We're booked for the whole month on Broadway.
3. nounmoney; dough; moola
4. nounenclosure inside a castle's wallsesp. 丸
5. nounsoft-shelled turtle
6. suffixsuffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.esp. 丸

• Synonym円形えんけいWrittenWritten, formal word for a round shape, as in 「円形の広場」. 「丸」 is the everyday, colloquial choice and can also mean the whole or entirety.
• Antonym四角しかくNeutralNeutral term standing opposite to 「丸」: a square or four-sided shape, as in 「丸と四角」.

For a circle, 「丸」 is the default. In formal or written description of a round shape, use 「円形」. For a square or four-sided shape, the opposite term is 「四角」.

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1. まる。○。
2. （まる）古人こじんの人名じんめいや船ふねの名前なまえなどに用もちいる。