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I want to know what “marumaru” means

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What does marumaru mean?

For example, this anime title ひとりぼっちの○○生活 (Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu). What does marumaru mean here?

hiragana

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  Have you tried a dictionary?
  
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  @EiríkrÚtlendi Unless I'm missing something, this maru maru (〇〇) is not intended to be the maru maru (丸々), so the dictionary entry you link to doesn't give an answer...?
  
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  @Earthliŋ, ha! I honestly thought they were looking for the word まるまる. It never occurred to me that they might have just meant 〇〇 as the name of the placeholder. Cheers!
  
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What does marumaru mean?

For example, this anime title ひとりぼっちの○○生活 (Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu). What does marumaru mean here?

hiragana

share|improve this question

edited May 22 at 4:25

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asked May 21 at 16:59

BdetonaBdetona

111

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Have you tried a dictionary?
  
  – Eiríkr Útlendi
  May 21 at 19:51
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @EiríkrÚtlendi Unless I'm missing something, this maru maru (〇〇) is not intended to be the maru maru (丸々), so the dictionary entry you link to doesn't give an answer...?
  
  – Earthliŋ♦
  May 21 at 21:46
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Earthliŋ, ha! I honestly thought they were looking for the word まるまる. It never occurred to me that they might have just meant 〇〇 as the name of the placeholder. Cheers!
  
  – Eiríkr Útlendi
  May 21 at 23:03
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

What does marumaru mean?

For example, this anime title ひとりぼっちの○○生活 (Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu). What does marumaru mean here?

hiragana

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edited May 22 at 4:25

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BdetonaBdetona

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まる is a name of this circle symbol, and ○○ is read out loud as まるまる, なになに, etc. It is used to make a placeholder or to mask a part of a sentence/word. English equivalent is **, __, "blank", "blah" or "bleep". In this case, I think the author used it just to make the title look more interesting.

Related:

• How do you pronounce "☓☓" as a placeholder?


• Why censor this one kanji?

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answered May 21 at 21:41

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○ or × are often used as replacement characters for something that should be somewhat obvious to the reader but is not actually spelled out for some reason. One common example is using real life names of people or brands in fiction, e.g. マクドナルド→ マクド○ルド. The reasons could include trying to avoid notice of the person/company in question for possibly infringing use of their name or others.

However, in your example it seems to me rather a filler for a word (which are often two characters in Japanese), so possibly you are supposed to fill it in using your imagination.

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まる is a name of this circle symbol, and ○○ is read out loud as まるまる, なになに, etc. It is used to make a placeholder or to mask a part of a sentence/word. English equivalent is **, __, "blank", "blah" or "bleep". In this case, I think the author used it just to make the title look more interesting.

Related:

• How do you pronounce "☓☓" as a placeholder?


• Why censor this one kanji?

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answered May 21 at 21:41

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まる is a name of this circle symbol, and ○○ is read out loud as まるまる, なになに, etc. It is used to make a placeholder or to mask a part of a sentence/word. English equivalent is **, __, "blank", "blah" or "bleep". In this case, I think the author used it just to make the title look more interesting.

Related:

• How do you pronounce "☓☓" as a placeholder?


• Why censor this one kanji?

share|improve this answer

answered May 21 at 21:41

narutonaruto

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まる is a name of this circle symbol, and ○○ is read out loud as まるまる, なになに, etc. It is used to make a placeholder or to mask a part of a sentence/word. English equivalent is **, __, "blank", "blah" or "bleep". In this case, I think the author used it just to make the title look more interesting.

Related:

• How do you pronounce "☓☓" as a placeholder?


• Why censor this one kanji?

share|improve this answer

answered May 21 at 21:41

narutonaruto

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answered May 21 at 21:41

narutonaruto

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answered May 21 at 21:41

narutonaruto

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answered May 21 at 21:41

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○ or × are often used as replacement characters for something that should be somewhat obvious to the reader but is not actually spelled out for some reason. One common example is using real life names of people or brands in fiction, e.g. マクドナルド→ マクド○ルド. The reasons could include trying to avoid notice of the person/company in question for possibly infringing use of their name or others.

However, in your example it seems to me rather a filler for a word (which are often two characters in Japanese), so possibly you are supposed to fill it in using your imagination.

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answered May 21 at 21:57

Igor SkochinskyIgor Skochinsky

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○ or × are often used as replacement characters for something that should be somewhat obvious to the reader but is not actually spelled out for some reason. One common example is using real life names of people or brands in fiction, e.g. マクドナルド→ マクド○ルド. The reasons could include trying to avoid notice of the person/company in question for possibly infringing use of their name or others.

However, in your example it seems to me rather a filler for a word (which are often two characters in Japanese), so possibly you are supposed to fill it in using your imagination.

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answered May 21 at 21:57

Igor SkochinskyIgor Skochinsky

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○ or × are often used as replacement characters for something that should be somewhat obvious to the reader but is not actually spelled out for some reason. One common example is using real life names of people or brands in fiction, e.g. マクドナルド→ マクド○ルド. The reasons could include trying to avoid notice of the person/company in question for possibly infringing use of their name or others.

However, in your example it seems to me rather a filler for a word (which are often two characters in Japanese), so possibly you are supposed to fill it in using your imagination.

share|improve this answer

answered May 21 at 21:57

Igor SkochinskyIgor Skochinsky

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answered May 21 at 21:57

Igor SkochinskyIgor Skochinsky

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answered May 21 at 21:57

Igor SkochinskyIgor Skochinsky

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answered May 21 at 21:57

Igor SkochinskyIgor Skochinsky

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