真(ま)っ直(す)ぐ, 真(ま)っ, 真(ま)っすぐ, 真直(まっす)ぐ, 真(しん), まっすぐ

massugu

JLPT 5

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) adverb (fukushi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect
  • straightforward; honest; frank

真(ま)ん中(なか), 真中(まんなか), まん中(なか), まんなか, まなか

mannaka, manaka

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • middle; centre; center; mid-way

真面目(まじめ), 眞(まこと), まじめ

majime

JLPT 4

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • diligent; serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

真剣(しんけん), 真(ま), しんけん

shinken

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  • seriousness; earnestness
  • real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon) (practise)

誠(まこと)に, 実(じつ)に, 真(しん)に, 寔(まこと), 洵(まこと), 實(みのる), まことに, じつに, げに, しんに

makotoni, jitsuni, geni, shinni

JLPT 3

adverb (fukushi)
  • indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite

真(ま), まさか

masaka

JLPT 3

interjection (kandoushi)
  • by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!

真似(まね), まね

mane

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • mimicry; imitation; behavior; behaviour; pretense; pretence

真(ま)っ赤(か), 真赤(まっか), まっか

makka

JLPT 3

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bright red; deep red; flushed (of face)
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  • downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

真(ま)っ先(さき), まっさき

massaki

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • the head; the foremost; beginning

真(ま)っ白(しろ), まっ白(しろ), 真白(まっしろ), まっしろ, ましろ

masshiro, mashiro

JLPT 2

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no` noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • pure white

真似(まね)る, まねる

maneru

JLPT 2

Ichidan verb transitive verb
  • to mimic; to imitate

真(ま)っ暗(くら), 真暗(まっくら), まっくら

makkura

JLPT 2

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • total darkness; pitch dark
  • bleak future; poor prospects

真空(しんくう), しんくう

shinkū

JLPT 2

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • vacuum; hollow; empty

真(ま)っ青(さお), 真青(まっさお), まっさお, まさお

massao, masao

JLPT 2

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • deep blue; ghastly pale

真(ま)っ黒(くろ), 真黒(まっくろ), まっくろ

makkuro

JLPT 2

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • pitch black

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