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Author Message   Hendrik Posted on Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 04:54 pm:    I hate this word, what does it mean? It's everywhere, think of: shipnames: toyama-MARU swords: kogarasu-MARU-zukuri style the guy from Shaman King: amida-MARU the ol' one: oroshi-no-MARU Is it always the 丸 Kanji? (I hope it displays, it is 'kyu'(9) with a backslash through the first stroke.) Please help me...   Tedsie1 Posted on Wednesday, January 07, 2004 - 06:54 pm:    maru means circle. it may have other meanings, but that's the only one i know of right now.   info Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 01:16 am:    "Maru" is a suffix for the children's name in the ancient Japanese (it was a Japanese custom to give a different name during the childhood). Later this usage has extended to other things that people love like their children such as dog, cat, horse, sword, music instrument, ship etc. I call my dog 黒丸 (Kuromaru, 黒 = black), somthing equivalent to "blacky" in English. Regards,   Hendrik Demmer Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2004 - 05:04 pm:    どうも有り難う御座います! Thanks a lot. That helps me big time! Thanks, dude!