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In some senses, maru is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
maru
UK /ˈmɑːɹuː/ US /ˈmɑɹu/
noun 3name 2
Collocations
1PREP.
from, out
Definitions
noun
1
A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship.
the Nippon Maru
Intelligence Report […] It is possible that there may be an increase in the number of transports and marus.
2
A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
3
A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.
name
1
Synonym of Lhao Vo (“a Burmish language”).
name
1
A Māori god of war.
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the Nippon Maru
Wiktionary02
Intelligence Report […] It is possible that there may be an increase in the number of transports and marus.
Wiktionary03
Does the 9th Fleet have enough marus and warships to carry two divisions of troops and their supplies to Buna?
Wiktionary04
Maru crawled out from under the table.
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