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29 Nov 2014
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「まま」は何ですか？ Ex.「そのままに」の意味はなに？ （母のママの方で違う）
「まま」は何ですか？ Ex.「そのままに」の意味はなに？ （母のママの方で違う）
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まま basically means "unchanged". But there is not a suitable word in English, so you have to translate to use various words.
ex.
そのまま待ってください。 Please wait there.
扉が開いたままだった。 The door was left open.
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- Filipino
そのまま means "in that way", "the way it is", "as it is", etc.
- Japanese
まま basically means "unchanged". But there is not a suitable word in English, so you have to translate to use various words.
ex.
そのまま待ってください。 Please wait there.
扉が開いたままだった。 The door was left open.
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- English (US)
Thank you both! I see this expression often in Japanese text.
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