A felled tree trunk stripped of branches, used for lumber, construction, or as a raw material.
They floated logs down the river to transport them.
I cut logs into firewood.
dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
A freshwater fish native to Japan. Usually written in kana. The katakana spelling マルタ is also common.
Dace are often caught in this river.
Historical and sensitive term referring to victims of human experimentation by the Japanese army's Unit 731 during WWII. Usually written in kana.
See also: ７３１部隊
In Unit 731, prisoners were called 'maruta' and subjected to inhumane experiments.
prostitute disguised as a nun
Archaic derogatory term for a prostitute who dressed as a Buddhist nun to solicit clients. No longer in modern use.
In Edo-period documents, there are examples where the slang term 'maruta' referred to a prostitute dressed as a nun.
He cut logs in the mountains and made them into firewood.
They loaded the logs onto the truck bed.
The villagers built a bridge out of logs.
丸木 also means a log, but it emphasizes the whole, unsplit trunk (as in 丸木舟, a dugout canoe), whereas 丸太 is the general term for a felled log used in construction.
丸太 is the everyday Japanese word for a cut log of wood, while ログ in this sense is a rarer, more technical loanword (e.g. in ログハウス).
丸太 is the general word for a log with or without bark, while 黒木 specifically denotes timber that still has its bark attached.
丸太 refers to a log with branches removed, whereas 荒木 emphasizes wood that is still rough and often bark-on.
丸太 refers to whole logs, often still with bark, whereas 材木 is timber that has already been sawn into usable pieces.
book; volume; script · this; present; current; in question · main; head; principal · real; genuine; regular; proper · counter for long cylindrical objects; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls
Standard kanji spelling for 'log'.
Katakana spelling is sometimes used for the fish name.
Compound of 丸 (まる, 'round') and 太 (た, 'thick'). The fish name is likely from the log-like shape. The historical and archaic senses are unrelated semantic extensions.