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Originally Posted by YukiRozu
Well in my Japanese dictionary Maru is another word for boy and Mari is for girl so
Temari means dancing girl.
Shikamaru means deer boy or lazy boy. I don't remember which one is right.
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A temari is actually a japanese ball
Literally it means "hand ball"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temari_(toy)
Of course, many of the names in Naruto are written in Katakana instead of Kanji, making the meanings of some a bit harder to decipher.
And the Shika in Shikamaru does mean Deer
Shika- Deer
Maru- Common Male suffix the common literal translation of the kanji of maru is "circle" or "whole"