まま・儘・侭mama[2]odaka (tail-high)

JLPT N4approx.Common
まんまmanma
Definitions
  1. noun, adverbas (it is); remaining (in a state); keeping (the same); leaving (unchanged)
    町まちは昔むかしのままだった。↗
    The town was exactly the same as before.
    Prices will continue as they are.
    彼かれは会議かいぎ中ちゅうずっと黙だまったままだった。↗
    He kept silent during the meeting.
  2. noun, adverbwith (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); asafter a past-tense verb describing a state
    窓まどを開あけたまま寝ねるな。↗
    Don't sleep with the windows open.
  3. nounas (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according toas 〜に
    足あしの向むくままに歩あるいた。↗
    We let our legs do the leading.
  4. nounsicindicating that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
Japanese definitions
  1. なりゆきに任まかせること。
  2. 思おもい通とおりになること。
  3. その状態じょうたいで変かわらないこと。
  4. (多おおく「ママ」)校正こうせい用語ようごで、原文げんぶんのままにしてあること。
  5. あるものにそっくりであること。
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