まにまに

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
随に
随意に (rare)

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

Adverb

まにまに (manima ni

  1. at the mercy of

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN