まだ
まだ
hepburn mada
still, not yet
Part of speech · adverb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- まだ食べていません。I have not eaten yet.
- まだ若いです。I am still young.
Collocations
まだ (mada, still / yet)まだまだ (madamada, still much more)まだ〜ない (mada〜nai, not yet)いまだに (imada ni, still — emphatic)まだしも (madashimo, at least)
Mnemonic
まだ mada is a core aspect / state adverb — 1:1 match with English "still / yet." Two senses: ① with negation, "not yet" (mada tabete inai); ② with affirmation, "still" (mada wakai). The opposite pair is mou (already): mada tabete inai ↔ mou tabeta. Madamada (repetition) = "much more still to go." Imada ni (Sino-Japanese + ni, formal) = "even now, still."
Quick check
Which Japanese adverb forms the opposite of "mada"?