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The situation A remains unchanged
Unlike まだ, carries the meaning that the situation A was left that way by someone. Often used in a (Leaving A as is, I do something else.)
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帽 子 を 被 っ た 儘 で 食 べ な い で ね 。 
Please don't eat while wearing your hat.
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妹 は 制 服 を 着 た 儘 で 寝 て 仕 舞 い ま し た 。 
My younger sister fell asleep while wearing her school uniform.
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此 の 家 は 今 の 儘 で は 売 れ な い だ ろ う 。 
This house will not sell as it stands.
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椅 子 は 其 の ま ま に 為 て お き な さ い 。 
Leave the chairs as they are.
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二 つ の 問 題 が 未 解 決 の 儘 で あ っ た 。 
Two problems remained unsolved.
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学 校 に 遅 れ る か ら 、 ゲ ー ム は 其 の ま ま に 為 て 、 早 く 行 き な さ い 。 
You're late to school, so leave that game as it is and hurry up and go!
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貴方 は 其 の 事 を 言 わ な い 儘 に 為 て 置 く 方 が 良 い 。 
It would be better if that remains unsaid.
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熱 は 高 い 儘 で す 。 
The fever still remains high.
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読 み 掛 け の 儘 の 本 を 無 く し た こと が ある 。 
I've lost books before that I had left unfinished.
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野 菜 を 長 期 間 、 新 鮮 な 儘 貯 蔵 為 る 方 法 を 発 見 為 た 。 
I discovered a way to store vegetables fresh for an extended period of time.
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全 て 私 が 其 処 を 去 っ た 時 の 儘 で し た 。 
Everything was as it had been when I left there.
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其 の 少 年 は 靴 下 を 履 い た 儘 寝 た 。 
The boy went to bed with his socks on.
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其 の 婦 人 は 黙 っ た 儘 だ っ た 。 
The lady remained silent.
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戸 は 閉 ま っ た 儘 だ っ た 。 
The door remains closed.
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出 入 り 口 は 開 け た 儘 に な っ て 居 た 。 
The gate was left open.
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正 面 の ド ア は 鍵 が 掛 か っ た 儘 だ っ た 。 
The front door remained locked.
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彼 は 生 涯 独 身 の 儘 だ っ た 。 
He remained a bachelor all his life.
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払 い 戻 し を 受 け る に は 、 商 品 は 未 開 封 の 儘 御 返 送 下 さ い 。 
For a refund you must return the item unopened.
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物 価 は 現 状 の 儘 続 く だ ろ う 。 
Prices will continue to stay as they are.
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此 の 調 子 の 儘 で は 、 良 く て １０ 位 止 ま り だ ろ う 。 
At this rate, I'll probably go as far as 10th place.
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彼 は 帽 子 を 被 っ た 儘 だ っ た 。 
He kept his hat on.
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Construction
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AVerb: Casual, past (た)
 
ANoun の
 
Aな-adjective な
 
AVerb: ない form
 
Aい-adjective
 
 
まま
Basic Examples:
濡れた儘 (while wet)

先生の儘 (staying as a teacher)

危険な儘 ((still, while, etc) dangerous)

持たない儘 ((still etc) without holding)

Related Expressions
っぱなし
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Grammar usage notes

Nai-form verb + まま
Noun + の + まま
Na-adjective + な + まま
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mireille
Level: 1

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elsiemarley
Level: 1
Can this grammar point use a negative past-tense verb before まま? I have a feeling there's another grammar for that as well, but I'm really not sure.
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16 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 310
I think you leave this form in present tense, then adjust the tense to past in whatever follows this in the sentence.

きのう、ごはんをたべないままでがっこうにいった ..

I used the 'submit new model' sentence feature to search some sentences with 'ないまま' (nothing with なかったまま came up), and a lot of them were in past tense.
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16 years ago
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テリフン
Level: 1
For い-adjectives, it remains unchanged? So, おいしい　would go to おいしいまま? Also, how is this different from using ながら？　For example, the first of the sentence examples is as follows: 「ぼう子を[color=red]かぶったまま[/color]で食べないでね。」Could you also say 「ぼう子を[color=red]かぶりながら[/color]で食べないでね。」
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14 years ago
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できるだけ
Level: 28
That's right - い adjectives remain unchanged. You actually don't need a で after ながら (think of it as a verb ending), but otherwise, 帽子をかぶりながら is grammatically fine. I think there's a tendency to use ながら to express something that you are actively, intentionally doing at the same time as something else, whereas まま implies something left as-is, so かぶったまま sounds a bit more natural in this case, because the sense is that you left it on, i.e. neglected to remove it before eating. But if you check Google, you can find results for both cases (many of them, funnily enough, apparently about the acceptability of hats while eating! ;))
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14 years ago
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テリフン
Level: 1
Thank you very much! That clears it up for me. :)
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14 years ago


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