Grammar Info
N1 Lesson 5: 4/17

ままに (As Desired)
as (one likes/feels/pleases), spur of the moment, wherever one fancies, spontaneously, on a whim

Structure
Verb[る]+ (が)+ まま(に)
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Register Standard
使用域 一般
儘・侭
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  • [A[る]まま(に)B is used to express that B is done in compliance with A (a natural phenomenon, a sudden desire, urge, or impulse), without any opposition to it]
  • [In general, this use of まま is used to express that one leaves things as they are, letting them happen naturally without putting much thought into it]
  • [まま(に) is only used with a limited group of expressions: 気の向く、思う、思いつく、足の向く、赴く、欲する、風の吹く as idioms]
  • [It might be easier to think of まま(に) as being similar to に任せて]
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筆者(ひっしゃ)とのインタビュー:「これまで思(おも)いつままにいろいろと書(か)いてきましたが、出来(でき)が良(よ)くないような気(き)がしましたので出版(しゅっぱん)しないことに決(き)めました。」
Interview with an author: "Previously, I wrote many things as they spontaneously came to my mind, but because I felt the end product was not very good, I decided not to publish them."
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A:「ジラヤさんどこ?」
B:「わからん。どこかに行(い)ったんだ。」
A:「相変(あいか)わらず、風(かぜ)吹(ふ)くまま、赴(おもむ)くなぁ。」
A: "Where is Jiraya?"
B: "Dunno. He went somewhere."
A: "As always, he goes wherever the wind takes him."
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モーガンさん、クリスチャンさん:「あなたのものですから気兼(きが)ねなく自分(じぶん)思(おも)うままに扱(あつか)ってもいいです。」
Mr. Morgan to Mr. Christian: "It belongs to you, so feel free to handle it as you please."
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