Dictionary🇯🇵 Japanese → 🇺🇸 English
Japanese to English Dictionary
まぁ
maa
Description
「まぁ」は、話す時によく使う言葉で、「だいたい」や「そこそこ」という意味を表します。
"まぁ" is a word often used in speech that expresses meanings like "roughly" or "so-so."
びっくりした時にも「まぁ！」と言うことがあります。
You can also say "まぁ!" when you are surprised.
Meanings
まぁmaa
well; anyway (softening filler before a statement)
まぁ、いいんじゃない？
Well, isn't it fine?
まぁmaa
more or less; fairly; so-so
仕事はまぁ順調です。
Work is going pretty well.
まぁmaa
oh my!; wow (expressing surprise)
まぁ、きれいなお花ね。
Well, what a beautiful flower.
Related words
Notes
- Nuance
A very common softening filler; lengthened form of まあ, feels casual and conversational.
- Nuance
As surprise interjection, the exclamatory まぁ sounds slightly feminine or refined.
In videos
Images