まま
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. as it is; as one likes; because; as
Noun
Usually written in kana
2. condition; state
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
① 他人のことを考えず、自分のしたいことを押し通すこと。
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
① 実際にあった通り。あるがまま。
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
① 他人のことを考えず、自分のしたいことを押し通すこと。
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
at one's fancy (whim)
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
in its entirety; whole
① 実際にあった通り。あるがまま。
whatever; never mind; I don't care; the hell with it
selfish(ness)
in its entirety; whole
① 心に思う通りであること。望むとおりであること。思うがまま。思いのまま。
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
at one's fancy (whim)
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
① 心に思う通りであること。望むとおりであること。思うがまま。思いのまま。
Examples (76 in total)
It was fine the way it was.
They remained friends.
The gate was left open.