Japanese
| Kanji in this term
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| 有
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儘
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あ Grade: 3
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まま Hyōgai
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| kun'yomi
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| Alternative spelling
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| 有りのまま
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Etymology
Compound of 有り (ari, nominal form of verb 有る (aru, “to exist; to be”)) + の (no, genitive case particle) + 儘 (mama, “the same state”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ありのまま [àrí nó mámáꜜ] (Odaka – [5])
- IPA(key): [a̠ɾʲi no̞ ma̠ma̠]
Noun
有りの儘 • (ari no mama) (uncountable)
- the way as it is; the true form
- 有りの儘を見せる
- ari no mama o miseru
- to show one's true self
- (literally, “to make one's true form seen”)