Word Meaning

まま mama

侭 is read as まま (mama) and means sic.

Meaning

English

  1. sic
  2. as (one pleases, one is told, etc.)
  3. according to
  4. with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on)
  5. while (e.g. standing, alive)
  6. as
  7. as (it is)
  8. remaining (in a state)

Reading

Kana

まま

Romaji

mama

Writing Variants

  • まんま mamma
  • まま mama
  • まんま mamma

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Rank 164937 Priority Z

Example Sentences

9

まどをあけたままでねてしまった。

I fell asleep with the window left open.

くつをはいたまま、へやにはいらないでください。

Please do not enter the room with your shoes still on.

このすがたままでもかまいませんか。

Is it okay if I stay just like this?

こどもはおもうままにえをかいた。

The child drew as he pleased.

しぜんはあるがままにうけいれるしかない。

Nature can only be accepted as it is.

いわれるままになまえをかいた。

I wrote my name just as I was told.

にもつははこにいれたままにしてある。

The सामान has been left in the box as it is.

つかれていたまま、なにもいえなかった。

Because I was still exhausted, I could not say anything.

むかしのままのまちなみがのこっている。

The townscape remains just as it was long ago.