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 — an aspect adverb that overlaps "still / yet" exactly. Met by negation it means "not yet" (mada tabete inai); met by affirmation it means "still" (mada wakai) — one word, two paths. Paired with completive mou, it draws the boundary line of time. "Madamada" folds that distance twice to show the long road ahead.
Quick check
Which Japanese adverb forms the opposite of "mada"?