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まあ [ichi1] まー [spec1] まぁ
1. [adv]
《when urging or consoling》
▶ just (e.g. "just wait here")
▶ come now
▶ now, now
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2664260 とりま 1. anyhow; for now
2. [adv]
▶ tolerably
▶ passably
▶ moderately
▶ reasonably
▶ fairly
▶ rather
▶ somewhat
3. [adv]
《when hesitating to express an opinion》
▶ well...
▶ I think...
▶ it would seem...
▶ you might say...
▶ Hmmm, I guess so...
4. [int] [fem]
▶ oh!
▶ oh dear!
▶ oh, my!
▶ wow!
▶ goodness gracious!
▶ good heavens!



History:
7. A 2018-05-13 19:05:43  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
not sure why ichi1 was removed
  Diff:
@@ -6 +6 @@
-<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
+<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
6. A* 2018-04-27 08:54:59  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
G n-grams
まあ	27481121
まー	 5691357
No ngram hits for まぁ, but 9 examples in Tatoeba
  Diff:
@@ -6 +6,8 @@
-<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>まー</reb>
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>まぁ</reb>
5. A 2011-12-18 00:22:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think we should take out an award for the most comprehensive まあ entry.
4. A* 2011-12-17 02:02:45  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
adding back glosses i removed when editing and forgot to re-add
  Diff:
@@ -34,0 +34,2 @@
+<gloss>you might say...</gloss>
+<gloss>Hmmm, I guess so...</gloss>
@@ -39,0 +41,1 @@
+<gloss>oh dear!</gloss>
@@ -40,0 +43,1 @@
+<gloss>wow!</gloss>
3. A* 2011-12-17 02:01:21  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daij, meikyo, prog, nc, gg5
  Comments:
i think there's something to be said for at least splitting by PoS (according to daijr, gg5, meikyo and koj, the [fem] tag is deserved for the [int] sense), although the japanese PoS don't necessarily match up with their best english translations
  Diff:
@@ -13,1 +13,23 @@
-<pos>&conj;</pos>
+<s_inf>when urging or consoling</s_inf>
+<gloss>just (e.g. "just wait here")</gloss>
+<gloss>come now</gloss>
+<gloss>now, now</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<gloss>tolerably</gloss>
+<gloss>passably</gloss>
+<gloss>moderately</gloss>
+<gloss>reasonably</gloss>
+<gloss>fairly</gloss>
+<gloss>rather</gloss>
+<gloss>somewhat</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<s_inf>when hesitating to express an opinion</s_inf>
+<gloss>well...</gloss>
+<gloss>I think...</gloss>
+<gloss>it would seem...</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
@@ -15,6 +37,5 @@
-<gloss>You might say</gloss>
-<gloss>Oh!</gloss>
-<gloss>Oh dear!</gloss>
-<gloss>Wow!</gloss>
-<gloss>Well</gloss>
-<gloss>Hmmm, I guess so</gloss>
+<misc>&fem;</misc>
+<gloss>oh!</gloss>
+<gloss>oh, my!</gloss>
+<gloss>goodness gracious!</gloss>
+<gloss>good heavens!</gloss>
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