as it is, because

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Common Words

んまママNounFreq #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

sic

がま我儘我が儘我がまま我侭我が侭Noun~な Adj.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

りのまま有りのまま有りの儘Noun~の Adj.AdverbUsually kanaFreq #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.
ままならない儘ならない侭ならない~い Adj.ExpressionUsually kanaFreq #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

気まままま気儘気侭Noun~な Adj.Freq #19186
1

willful; wilful; selfish; self-centered; egoistic

2

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

わがままを言う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ExpressionGodan verbFreq #23984
1

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

なすがまま為すがままExpressionUsually kanaFreq #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.
あるがまま在るがまま在るが儘有るがまま有るが儘Noun~の Adj.AdverbExpressionUsually kanaFreq #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.
まなら儘ならぬ侭ならぬExpressionUsually kanaFreq #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

着の身着のままのみきのまま着の身着の儘着の身着の侭ExpressionFreq #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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