JAPANESE STUDY SYSTEMKOTOWA 词和
N5 — N1
READING CONTROL
Vocabulary collection7,811
Kanji collection2,383
SOURCE SELECTOR
Grammar collection0526
SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

まあ

N3
maa
  1. (female) you might say
adverb

Chinese meanings

哎呀;嗯

Examples

  • まあ、これは何なになんでしょう?
    Oh, what is this?
    哎呀,这是什么呀?
  • まあ、直すぐになれますわよ。
    Oh, you'll get used to it soon!
    嗯,你很快就会习惯的。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('440279fbf1'); // まあ
{
  "id": "440279fbf1",
  "word": "まあ",
  "reading": "まあ",
  "romaji": "maa",
  "meanings": [
    "(female) you might say"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1012050,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "まあ、これは何なんでしょう?",
      "furigana": "まあ、これは{何|なに}なんでしょう?",
      "en": "Oh, what is this?",
      "tatoeba_id": 195845
    },
    {
      "ja": "まあ、直ぐになれますわよ。",
      "furigana": "まあ、{直|す}ぐになれますわよ。",
      "en": "Oh, you'll get used to it soon!",
      "tatoeba_id": 195835
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "21b6fe7ffd802ad4f0c7bd2a5d4c4c79c86561792d894edd672d98e702715dc3",
    "meanings": [
      "哎呀",
      "嗯"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "まあ、これは何なんでしょう?",
        "zh": "哎呀,这是什么呀?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "まあ、直ぐになれますわよ。",
        "zh": "嗯,你很快就会习惯的。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/440279fbf1",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1012050; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "1adbb3e98020bf861519d440d3b72a928451b9db73601e82b9cf9887edb4102d"
  }
}