Illustration: On a cool morning in a Japanese apartment, a cat settles into a shallow circular basket beside a low table. Its spine bends into a nearly complete ring, its hind paws tuck under its belly, and its nose presses toward the tip of its curled tail.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

丸まるまる

marumaru

to curl up, to become rounded

Example sentences

  1. 背中せなかが丸まるまっている。しゃんとしろ！

    Your back is hunched; straighten up!

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 殻からをむいたエビの背せわたを取とり、丸まるまらないように背中方向せなかほうこうへ伸のばす。

    After stripping the shell off the prawn, remove the digestive tract from the back of the prawn and stretch the prawn in the reverse direction not to be rolled up.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 寒さむくて猫ねこが毛布もうふの上うえで丸まるまっている。

    The cat is curled up on the blanket because it’s cold.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 丸

  • 丸round; full (month)OnガンKunまる・まるめる・まるい

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