"まあまあ" meaning in 日本語

See まあまあ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ma̠ːma̠ː]
Forms: まあまあ, だろ [imperfective], だっ [continuative], [continuative], [continuative], [terminal], [attributive], なら [hypothetical], (無し) [imperative], まあまあだろう, 未然形 + う, まあまあだった [past, completive], 連用形 + た [past, completive], まあまあでない [negative], 連用形 + ない [negative], まあまあになる [intransitive], 連用形 + なる [intransitive], まあまあだ [definitive], 終止形のみ [definitive], まあまあなこと [noun-from-verb], 連体形 + こと [noun-from-verb], まあまあならば, 仮定形 + ば, まあまあそうだ, 語幹 + そうだ
  1. とりたててよくも悪くもでもない。
    Sense id: ja-まあまあ-ja-adv-rn2XX1Dn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: まずまず, ぼちぼち, そこそこ Translations: so-so (英語)

Interjection

IPA: [ma̠ːma̠ː]
  1. 怒ったり驚愕している人をなだめたり、励ましたりするときにかける言葉。
    Sense id: ja-まあまあ-ja-intj-knSI1Z-0
  2. 人に何かを勧めるときにかける言葉。
    Sense id: ja-まあまあ-ja-intj-lnPJA20Z
  3. 驚きを表す言葉。
    Sense id: ja-まあまあ-ja-intj-gQ-r9hm3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "「まあ」の重畳形。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "まあまあ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だっ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "で",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
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        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "に",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "な",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
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        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
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        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(無し)",
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        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだろう",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
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    {
      "form": "未然形 + う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
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        "past",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあでない",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ない",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあになる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + なる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあなこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあならば",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあそうだ",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "様態"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "語幹 + そうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "様態"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "副詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "とりたててよくも悪くもでもない。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-まあまあ-ja-adv-rn2XX1Dn"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "まあまあ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[máꜜàmàà]",
      "tags": [
        "Atamadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[màámáꜜà]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠ːma̠ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "まずまず"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぼちぼち"
    },
    {
      "word": "そこそこ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "so-so"
    }
  ],
  "word": "まあまあ"
}

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    "「まあ」の重畳形。"
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      ],
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        "驚きを表す言葉。"
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    }
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    {
      "form": "まあまあ",
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        "東京式"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Atamadaka"
      ]
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      "form": "まあまあ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
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        "Nakadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠ːma̠ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "まあまあ"
}
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    "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
    "日本語 形容動詞",
    "日本語 形容動詞 ダ活用",
    "日本語_副詞",
    "日本語_名詞",
    "日本語_形容動詞"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "「まあ」の重畳形。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "まあまあ",
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        "ダ活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "だろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だっ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "で",
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        "ダ活用"
      ],
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        "continuative"
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      "form": "に",
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        "ダ活用"
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        "continuative"
      ]
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      "form": "だ",
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        "ダ活用"
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        "terminal"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "な",
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        "ダ活用"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "なら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
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        "ダ活用"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "まあまあだろう",
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        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあでない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあになる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + なる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあなこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあならば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあそうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "様態"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語幹 + そうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "様態"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "副詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "とりたててよくも悪くもでもない。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "まあまあ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[máꜜàmàà]",
      "tags": [
        "Atamadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[màámáꜜà]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠ːma̠ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "まずまず"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぼちぼち"
    },
    {
      "word": "そこそこ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "so-so"
    }
  ],
  "word": "まあまあ"
}

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    "日本語",
    "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
    "日本語_感動詞"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "「まあ」の重畳形。"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "pos_title": "感動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "怒ったり驚愕している人をなだめたり、励ましたりするときにかける言葉。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "人に何かを勧めるときにかける言葉。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "驚きを表す言葉。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "まあまあ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[máꜜàmàà]",
      "tags": [
        "Atamadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まあまあ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[màámáꜜà]",
      "tags": [
        "Nakadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠ːma̠ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "まあまあ"
}

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