Keyword
circle
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig44
Readings
まる
(76%)
がん
(14%)
まろ
(8%)
Composed of
nine
droplet
Mnemonic

Nine drops to make a circle.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
vigor
heat
devoted
art [old]
Used in vocabulary (270 in total)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
bullet; shot; shell
in its entirety; whole; wholly
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
full view; plain sight; completely visible
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
the whole day; all the day
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
unarmed; without weapons
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
inner citadel; core; center; centre
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
in unison; as one; united
perfect circle; cute
whole roast (e.g. pig, turkey, etc.)
round; spherical; circular
in a circle (ring)
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
testicles; testes; balls
roundish; sort of round
round face; moon face
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings
one lump; one body; one group
perfect circle; cute
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
perfectly round; perfectly circular
outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
close-cropped head; bald hill
the whole day; all the day
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
buzz cut; close crop
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
outer citadel
circular window; round window
cannonball; shot (in the shot put)
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
total fire loss; completely burned
the whole year; all the year
copying in entirety (verbatim)
log cabin; blockhouse
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
rounded handwriting
boulder; cobble
to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved; to become a monk
perfectly round; perfectly circular
round shape; circle; circular form
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
clear profit; great profit (without any investment)
washing a kimono (or futon, etc.) without taking it apart; laundering whole
arched ceiling; vaulted ceiling; domed ceiling; circular ceiling
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
dome; vaulted roof; cupola
light torso armour opening at the right, originally used for infantry combat; dō-maru
outermost region of the castle
bisected-circle seal
fishball; meatball; pill
round shape; circle; circular form
to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle
flag with a red circle on a white background; the Japanese flag
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
in its entirety; whole
round-necked (T-shirt)
to mark a correct answer with a circle
rounding
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
one-piece sash
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
rotund; plump; chubby
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
seirogan; beechwood extract popular as a herbal treatment for diarrhoea (diarrhea), etc.
small castle projecting from a larger castle; tower projecting from a larger castle
to find a solution (after struggle)
round collar (of Western clothing)
round pillar (esp. in buildings)
hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)
clear profit; great profit (without any investment)
biting into a whole fruit (esp. apple)
the whole week; all the week
round bar (of metal, etc.)
completely financed; sponsored; under patronage
komaru (type of playing cards)
circular saw; buzz saw
round-bottom
round plate
whirlwind tour; one-day trip
to make a snowball
whole night; all night
plump; chubby
raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine
circular saw; buzz saw
cross in a circle
attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
monks make pure profit; monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit
confidential; secret; classified
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
very fast train; bullet train
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
Cyathea mertensiana (species of tree fern)
boiling something whole (e.g. vegetable, fish); cooking something whole
the whole month; all the month
rounded handwriting
line drive shot; line-drive bullet; scorcher
parentheses; round brackets
pill made from various animal ingredients (incl. musk, toad venom, cow bezoars, etc.) used as a cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine
whole dried small fish; whole dried daikon
Hōō Maru (Western-style Japanese frigate, launched in 1853)
monopolizing; monopolising; monopolization; monopolisation
reciter's book; complete set of books
mapping pen
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
full memorization; full memorisation
bedpan; chamber pot; potty
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
plump; buxom; chubby
convex roof tile
circular saw; buzz saw
round paper lantern
roundish; sort of round
seirogan; beechwood extract popular as a herbal treatment for diarrhoea (diarrhea), etc.
complete baldness
long, straight, wide-open highway
the whole month; all the month
three dimensional sculpture
orchitis; inflammation of the testes
number enclosed within a circle (symbol)
the whole month; all the month
Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
gouge; scorper; scauper
official price
buzz cut; close crop
the whole month; all the month
braiding stand with a circular top
cylindrical paper lantern
wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa; vessel made from logs, e.g. large dugout canoe
wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa; vessel made from logs, e.g. large dugout canoe
round menko
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
whole soybeans; unprocessed soybeans
in its entirety; whole; wholly
Marunouchi Station (Nagoya)
traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
yakuza group
completely financed; sponsored; under patronage
to find a solution (after struggle)
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
parentheses; round brackets
bedpan; chamber pot; potty
full view; plain sight; completely visible
in its entirety; whole; wholly
in its entirety; whole; wholly
testicles; testes; balls
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
light torso armour opening at the right, originally used for infantry combat; dō-maru
in its entirety; whole
rotund; plump; chubby
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
to find a solution (after struggle)
round plate
tax inspection division; tax inspector; tax dick; tax inspection
the whole month; all the month
the whole month; all the month
the whole month; all the month
bullet wound; gunshot wound
parentheses; round brackets
parentheses; round brackets
round back (book spine)
carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
round paper lantern
bumblebee (Bombus sp.); bumble bee
copyright symbol; copyright sign; copyright
round burial mound
Daurian jackdaw (Corvus dauuricus)
number enclosed within a circle (symbol)
gouge; scorper; scauper
round menko
moneyed man
tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings
in a circle; amicably
round gimlet
round steel bar
complete victory; clean record
complete defeat
to do sweet-talk
to do sweet-talk
circular knitting machine
hail of bullets; heavy bombardment
to be united; to act as a single body
citron (Citrus medica)
eave-end roof tile (comprising a convex semi-cylindrical tile and a decorative pendant)
wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa
epididymitis; inflammation of the epididymis
cryptorchidism; undescended testicle
deformed bar; deformed round bar
harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; (lit.) a round egg can be cut into a square
testicular torsion; torsion of the testis; rotatis testis
testicular torsion; torsion of the testis
rokumi-gan (patent medicine)
Shiromaru Station
Mount Maru (Esan)
Japanese flowering ash (Fraxinus sieboldiana)
blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus)
leafy lespedeza (Lespedeza cyrtobotrya)
Bombus ignitus (species of bumblebee)
common morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea)
Disanthus cercidifolius (species of witch-hazel)
Eurasian jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
embossed venus (Venus toreuma)
Chlorophthalmus borealis (species of greeneye)
softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Chinese box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)
Examples (60 in total)
Red circles on the map mark schools.
She gazed with wide eyes.
He was killed by a single bullet.