真(ま)ん丸(まる)

まんまる
na-adjective
perfectly round; completely round
descriptive
1. perfectly round; completely round
Describes something that is a perfect circle or sphere. An emphatic form of 丸(まる)い, stressing the completeness of the roundness.
今夜(こんや)の月(つき)は真(ま)ん丸(まる)だ。
Tonight's moon is perfectly round.
赤(あか)ちゃんの真(ま)ん丸(まる)な目(め)がかわいい。
The baby's perfectly round eyes are cute.
猫(ねこ)が体(からだ)を丸(まる)めて真(ま)ん丸(まる)になっている。
The cat has curled up into a perfect ball.

真(ま)ん丸(まる) is an emphatic form of 丸(まる)い, describing something that is perfectly circular or spherical with no irregularity. The 真(ま)ん～ prefix intensifies the meaning, similar to 真(まっ)白(しろ) (pure white) or 真(まっ)赤(か) (bright red).

Forms

  • 真(ま)ん丸(まる)な + noun — modifier form
  • 真(ま)ん丸(まる)い — adjective form (i-adjective variant)
  • 真(ま)ん丸(まる)だ — predicate form

Common collocations

  • 真(ま)ん丸(まる)な目(め) — perfectly round eyes
  • 真(ま)ん丸(まる)な月(つき) — a perfectly round moon
  • 真(ま)ん丸(まる)になる — to become a perfect ball/circle
general
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