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- What does ま？ mean? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
Japanese "ま？"と話している人を見たことがあります。あれっ？と思ったのですが、会話が成立しています。何かの略語だと思いますが、分かりません。もちろん辞書にも載っていません。 ま？の意味は何でしょうか。 English I have seen people who say "ま？
- Difference between 間【あいだ】 and 間【ま】
When it refers to timing it is always ま As a parenthetical, it can also be pronounced ま in a "compound": [合間]{あいま} Cf all of the room words ([居間]{いま}) And even あいだ in [間柄]{あいだがら} There's also a set list of phrases where ま seems to be used: 間に合う いつの間 束の間
- Can someone help me grasp the concept of ma (間)?
(All I can bring myself to say is that 間(ま) in this sense is a kind of device that can be used to or for some effect ) People use the term in commentaries on a variety of things, from oration, music, sports, martial arts, performance and visual arts to literature and manga and anime, probably with slightly different shades of meaning in
- まあいいか or まあいっか or まあええか or まあえっか
「まあ」(also pronounced just 「ま」 colloquially) in this expression is an adverb meaning "just barely satisfactorily" In other words, it is used to describe an "Oh well" kind of quality 「いいか」 is casually asking yourself if something is good enough for you as in "Should I take it?
- Is ま (ma) related to ほ (ho) or は (ha) related to よ (yo)? What does . . .
So, is ま (ma) related to ほ (ho) or よ(yo) related to は (ha)? It seems the bar means the "h" consonant but the musical note does not vocalize consistently (it either means ("a" or "o") or ("m" or "y") by itself)
- What is the difference between 始め 初め and 始まり?
From what I've understood, the difference between 国の[始]{ }[ま]{ }[り]{ } vs 国の[始]{ }[め]{ } is a difference in emphasis: 始まり focuses on the start of the nation, as something that begins on its own; meanwhile, 始め focuses on the start of the nation, as something that people are doing Difficulties
- politeness - ありがとうございます vs. ありがとうございました - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
When thanking someone, what is the rule for using ありがとうございます vs ありがとうございました? My sensei taught us to use ありがとうございました when the action you're thanking someone for occurred in the past, but I've heard
- Etymology of ひざまずく - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
「〔「ま」の意は未詳〕」 As cypher notes, the "best answer" in the Chiebukuro post provided earlier, while interesting, proposes an unlikely derivation for the ‑ma‑ portion, suggesting that it is a contraction of 曲{ま}げて, such that mazuku would ultimately be from 曲{ま}げて突{つ}く That poster also goes on to
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