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Meanings

as it is
because

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ジン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
まま
ことごとく

Common Words

んま
ママ
Noun
Freq #158
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Adverb (fukushi)

as (it is); remaining (in a state); keeping (the same); leaving (unchanged)

Examples
町は昔のままだった。
The town was exactly the same as before.
物価は現状のまま続くだろう。
Prices will continue as they are.
彼は会議中ずっと黙ったままだった。
He kept silent during the meeting.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Adverb (fukushi); After a past-tense verb describing a state

with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as

Examples
窓を開けたまま寝るな。
Don't sleep with the windows open.
3

Word usually written using kana alone; As 〜に

as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to

Examples
足の向くままに歩いた。
We let our legs do the leading.
4

ママ only; Indicating that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text

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我儘
我が儘
我がまま
我侭
我が侭
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #4387
1

Word usually written using kana alone

selfish; egoist

Examples
あの子を甘やかしてはいけません。とてもわがままになりますよ。
You shouldn't indulge that child. It will make him very selfish.
2

Archaic

self-indulgent; wilful; willful

有りのまま
有りの儘
Adverb
Noun
~の Adj.
Usually kana
Freq #7891
1

as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated; honest; true; frank; candid

Examples
ありのままの事実を伝えることは難しい。
It is difficult to tell the bare facts.
儘ならない
侭ならない
Expression
~い Adj.
Usually kana
Freq #9478
1

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

まま
気儘
気侭
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #19186
1

willful; wilful; selfish; self-centered; egoistic

2

carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling; free spirited

我儘を言う
我が儘を言う
我侭を言う
我が侭を言う
我がままを言う
わがままをいう
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #23984
1

to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

為すがまま
Expression
Usually kana
Freq #28028
1

at the mercy of (something or someone)

Examples
これらの気の毒な人々は非情な独裁者のなすがままになっていた。
These poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.
在るがまま
在るが儘
有るがまま
有るが儘
Expression
Adverb
Noun
~の Adj.
Usually kana
Freq #29383
1

as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated; honest; true; frank; candid

Examples
あるがままに物事を見るようにしなさい。
Try to see things as they are.
儘ならぬ
侭ならぬ
Expression
Usually kana
Freq #38380
1

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

のみきのまま
着の身着の儘
着の身着の侭
Expression
Freq #39807
1

(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)

Examples
着の身着のままで火事から逃げた。
I escaped from the fire with nothing but the clothes on my back.
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