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marus

marus is the plural of maru.

Meaning of maru

Noun

maru (plural marus)

  1. A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship.
    • the Nippon Maru
  2. (colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
    Synonyms:
    handakuten
  3. A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.

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Phrases with marus

Questions about marus

What is marus the plural of?
Marus is the plural of maru.

Words near marus in the dictionary

  1. marumage
  2. marumoite
  3. Marungi
  4. Marup
  5. Marupova
  6. marus
  7. Marusich
  8. Maruska
  9. Maruskas
  10. Marut
  11. Maruthini

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