"まあまあ" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [ma̠ːma̠ː]
Etymology: Resemblance to Cantonese 麻麻地 (maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2) (“so-so”) likely coincidental. Etymology templates: {{ncog|yue|麻麻地|tr=maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2}} Cantonese 麻麻地 (maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=na}} まあまあ • (māmā) -na (adnominal まあまあな (māmā na na), adverbial まあまあに (māmā ni ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=|lemma=まあまあ|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: māmā [romanization], まあまあな [adnominal], まあまあに [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], まあまあだろ [imperfective, stem], māmā daro [imperfective, stem], まあまあで [continuative, stem], māmā de [continuative, stem], まあまあだ [stem, terminative], māmā da [stem, terminative], まあまあな [attributive, stem], māmā na [attributive, stem], まあまあなら [hypothetical, stem], māmā nara [hypothetical, stem], まあまあであれ [imperative, stem], māmā de are [imperative, stem], まあまあではない [informal, negative], まあまあじゃない [informal, negative], māmā de wa nai [informal, negative], māmā ja nai [informal, negative], まあまあだった [informal, past], māmā datta [informal, past], まあまあではなかった [informal, negative, past], まあまあじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], māmā de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], māmā ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], まあまあです [formal], māmā desu [formal], まあまあではありません [formal, negative], まあまあじゃありません [formal, negative], māmā de wa arimasen [formal, negative], māmā ja arimasen [formal, negative], まあまあでした [formal, past], māmā deshita [formal, past], まあまあではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], まあまあじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], māmā de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], māmā ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], まあまあで [conjunctive], māmā de [conjunctive], まあまあなら(ば) [conditional], māmā nara (ba) [conditional], まあまあだったら [conditional, past], māmā dattara [conditional, past], まあまあだろう [volitional], māmā darō [volitional], まあまあに [adverbial], māmā ni [adverbial], まあまあさ [noun-from-adj], māmāsa [noun-from-adj]
  1. so-so, passable, tolerable
    Sense id: en-まあまあ-ja-adj-IgMde8B- Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese reduplications, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese reduplications: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 61 39

Interjection

Forms: māmā [romanization]
Etymology: Resemblance to Cantonese 麻麻地 (maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2) (“so-so”) likely coincidental. Etymology templates: {{ncog|yue|麻麻地|tr=maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2}} Cantonese 麻麻地 (maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} まあまあ • (māmā)
  1. now, now (a reassurance)
    Sense id: en-まあまあ-ja-intj-l8OYmxlh Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 55 45

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "麻麻地",
        "tr": "maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2"
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      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Resemblance to Cantonese 麻麻地 (maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2) (“so-so”) likely coincidental.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "māmā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあな",
      "roman": "māmā na na",
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあに",
      "roman": "māmā ni ni",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmāsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "まあまあ • (māmā) -na (adnominal まあまあな (māmā na na), adverbial まあまあに (māmā ni ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "まあまあ",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "_dis": "55 45",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "a passable result",
          "roman": "māmā na seiseki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "成",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "績",
              "せき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "まあまあな成績"
        }
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        "so-so, passable, tolerable"
      ],
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        [
          "passable",
          "passable"
        ],
        [
          "tolerable",
          "tolerable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "まあまあ"
    },
    {
      "other": "まあまあ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠ːma̠ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "まあまあ"
}

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        "tr": "maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2"
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    }
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      "args": {
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        "now, now (a reassurance)"
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          "reassurance#English"
        ]
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}
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      "form": "māmā",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあに",
      "roman": "māmā ni ni",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmā ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "māmāsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "まあまあ • (māmā) -na (adnominal まあまあな (māmā na na), adverbial まあまあに (māmā ni ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "まあまあ",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a passable result",
          "roman": "māmā na seiseki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "成",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "績",
              "せき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "まあまあな成績"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so-so, passable, tolerable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "so-so",
          "so-so"
        ],
        [
          "passable",
          "passable"
        ],
        [
          "tolerable",
          "tolerable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "まあまあ"
    },
    {
      "other": "まあまあ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠ːma̠ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "まあまあ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese interjections",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese reduplications",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "麻麻地",
        "tr": "maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 麻麻地 (maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Resemblance to Cantonese 麻麻地 (maa4 maa4-2 dei6-2) (“so-so”) likely coincidental.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "māmā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "まあまあ • (māmā)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "now, now (a reassurance)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "now, now",
          "now, now"
        ],
        [
          "reassurance",
          "reassurance#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [],
  "word": "まあまあ"
}

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