丸める (まるめる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

丸める (まるめる) means to make round / to roll up / to explain away.

See example sentences below.

丸める at a glance

丸める

まるめるmarumeru

N1verb

to make round / to roll up / to explain away

丸めるまるめるmarumeruN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to make round / to roll up / to explain away

Example 1

紙を丸めてゴミ箱に捨てた。

Translation

I rolled up the paper and threw it in the trash.

Example 2

彼は問題をうまく丸めた。

Translation

He skillfully explained away the problem.