N31434/1669

まあ

adverbfemale terminterjection

just (e.g. "just wait here"), come now, now, now
tolerably, passably, moderately, reasonably, fairly, rather, somewhat
well ..., I think ..., it would seem ..., you might say ..., Hmmm, I guess so ...
oh!, oh dear!, oh, my!, wow!, goodness gracious!, good heavens!

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まあ、座すわって待まっていてください。

Just sit down and wait, please.

この料理りょうりはまあまあおいしいですね。

This dish is reasonably delicious, isn't it.

まあ、そういうこともあるよ。

Well, those kinds of things happen sometimes.

まあ、なんてきれいな景色けしきなんでしょう！

Oh my, what a beautiful scenery!

試験しけんの結果けっかはまあ予想よそう通とおりだったと言いえるかな。

I guess you could say the exam results were pretty much as expected.

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

price, cost; value, worth, merit

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)