MEANING OF MARU
USE FOR JAPANESE SHIPS. The writer of an article in. the London -‘Evening News,” who has lived for many years in Japan, gave the following explanation of “Maru” which is a component of the name of every Japanese merchant ship: “The word ‘Maru’ which appears after the proper name of every Japanese merchant vessel, mystifies many people. Loosely, it distinguishes a trading ship from a warship. Thus, there is a battleship Asama and an 18,000-ton motor liner Asama Maru. Literally the word ’Maru’ means castle or something grand, and had been added to merchant ships’ names since Japanese ships took to going abroad into the world oceans.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 July 1942, Page 4
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110MEANING OF MARU Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 July 1942, Page 4
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