もろ

See also: モロ

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
諸
双 (rare)
両 (rare)

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 in the compound 諸木舟 (moroki fune, “a boat or ship constructed of many pieces of lumber”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ɾo̞]

Prefix

もろ • (moro-) ←もろ (moro)?

  1. [from late 800s] 諸, 双, 両: both, double
    諸(もろ)手(て)、諸(もろ)腰(こし)、諸(もろ)刃(は)、双(もろ)親(おや)、両(もろ)筈(はず)
    morote, morokoshi, moroha, morōya, morohazu
    both hands, both hips, double-bladed, both parents, both nocks (a sumo move wherein the wrestler gets both arms under the opponent's arms and pushes)
  2. [from 720] 諸: many, various, all of
    諸(もろ)人(びと)、諸(もろ)諸(もろ)、諸(もろ)越(こし)
    morobito, moromoro, morokoshi
    many people / all of the people, lots of things / various things, all those Yue / the Hundred Yue (a confederation of tribes in ancient China)
  3. [from early 1500s] 諸: indicating something done by many people or things together
    諸(もろ)声(ごえ)、諸(もろ)向(む)き
    morogoe, moromuki
    a chorus / voices in harmony, everyone or everything facing the same direction
Derived terms

Adverb

もろ or モロ • (moro) 

  1. (informal) Alternative form of もろに (moro ni, “entirely”)
    ○○の影(えい)響(きょう)がモロですね。
    ○○ No eikyō ga moro desu ne.
    The influence of X is very thorough.
    顔(かお)がモロですね。
    Kao ga moro desu ne.
    Their face is very much so.
Derived terms
  • モロ被(かぶ)り (morokaburi)
  • モロ出(だ)し (morodashi)
  • モロ見(み)え (moromie)
  • モロ見(み)せ (moromise)

Etymology 2

The reading of various names.

Proper noun

もろ • (Moro) 

  1. 毛呂, 茂呂, 毛籠, 毛路, 茂籠, 茂路, 師: a surname

References
  1. “諸木舟”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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