Kanji

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: as it is, because

Kunyomi: まま ことごとく

Onyomi: ジン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: man, human

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

まま as (it is), remaining (in a state), keeping (the same), leaving (unchanged), with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on), while (e.g. standing, alive), as, as (one pleases, one is told, etc.), according to, sic

ならない ままならない unable to do (as one wishes), able to do only with great effort, almost impossible to do, beyond one's control, not always turning out as one wishes, not going the way one wants it to

気まま きまま willful, wilful, selfish, self-centered, egoistic, carefree, do-as-you-please, freewheeling, free spirited

言われるがまま いわれるがまま (doing) as one is told