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ma
adverb, interjection

Alternate Written Forms:

maa
maa
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English Meaning(s) for まぁ

adverb
  1. just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now (when urging or consoling)
  2. tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
  3. well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so... (when hesitating to express an opinion)
interjection
  1. oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!

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Sample Sentences for まぁ

The house is not ideal, but it's all right.
Well, after all Japan also cut itself off from the world.
He gives me a bad time, as he always does.
Ah, whatever.
"Did you possibly not notice until just now?" "Er, well ... it was just so beyond my imagination that ..."

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