JLPT N5 · い-adjective

丸い (marui)

丸い (まるい, marui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “round; circular”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まるい
Romaji: marui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Also written: 円い

Meaning

round; circular; spherical · い-adjective · 丸い usu. refers to ball-shaped, and 円い to disc-shaped objects
curved; smooth · い-adjective
harmonious; calm; peaceful; amiable; amicable · い-adjective

Example sentences

コロンブスは地球が丸いと信じていた。

Columbus believed that the earth was round.

Tatoeba #217547

彼が仲裁してその場は丸く収めた。

He intervened and settled the matter peacefully for the time being.

Tatoeba #119647

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 丸い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	丸い	まるい marui
Negative	丸くない	まるくない marukunai
Past	丸かった	まるかった marukatta
Negative past	丸くなかった	まるくなかった marukunakatta
Te-form	丸くて	まるくて marukute
Adverb (~ku)	丸く	まるく maruku
Conditional (~ba)	丸ければ	まるければ marukereba

Kanji in 丸い

丸

round, full (month), perfectionガン・まる・まる.める · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 丸い.

丸まるcircle丸々まるまるplump丸ごとまるごとin its entirety丸めるまるめるto make round日の丸ひのまるred or gold circle representing the Sun真ん丸いまんまるいperfectly round

Source: JMdict entry 1604230 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.