Word Meaning 儘ならない

ままならない mamanaranai

儘ならない is read as ままならない (mamanaranai) and means unable to do (as one wishes).

Meaning

English

  1. unable to do (as one wishes)
  2. able to do only with great effort
  3. almost impossible to do
  4. beyond one's control
  5. not always turning out as one wishes
  6. not going the way one wants it to

Reading

Kana

ままならない

Romaji

mamanaranai

Writing Variants

  • 侭ならない ままならない mamanaranai

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

其の儘

そのまま

just like

我が儘

わがまま

selfish