丸まるめる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

make round; roll up; curl up

Physical action of shaping something into a ball, rolling it up, or curling it into a rounded form.

• 紙かみを丸まるめてゴミ箱ばこに投なげた。

  I crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

• 猫ねこが背せ中なかを丸まるめて寝ねている。

  The cat is sleeping with its back curled up.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

cajole; talk around; explain away

Figurative use: to persuade someone by smooth talk, often with a nuance of manipulation or cleverly avoiding a direct confrontation. Related to 丸め込む.

See also: 丸め込む

• 彼かれは上じょう司しをうまく丸まるめて、休きゅう暇かを取とった。

  He skillfully talked his boss around and got time off.

• その政せい治じ家かは問もん題だいを丸まるめて説せつ明めいした。

  The politician explained the issue away with smooth talk.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

round off (a fraction)

Mathematical use: to round a number, typically a fraction, to a simpler value.

• 計けい算さん結けっ果かを小しょう数すう点てん以い下かで丸まるめる。

  Round off the calculation result after the decimal point.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

shave one's head

Used in the set phrase 頭を丸める, meaning to shave one's head completely, often associated with becoming a monk or showing remorse.

See also: 頭を丸める

• 彼かれは反はん省せいの意い味みを込こめて頭あたまを丸まるめた。

  He shaved his head as a sign of remorse.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

lump together

Archaic use for treating multiple things as one group or mass. Rare in modern Japanese.

• 古ふるい帳ちょう簿ぼでは、経けい費ひを丸まるめて記き録ろくすることがあった。

  In old account books, expenses were sometimes lumped together in the records.