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まい
Meaning
    1. ①
      probably not; probably won't; probably doesn't; probably isn't
      そんなうわさは誰だれも信しんじまい。
      Nobody will believe that rumor.
    2. ②
      intend not to; will not
      もう言ゆうまい。
      I'll say no more.
    3. ③
      trying not to; attempting not to
      as ～とする
      彼かれは怒いかりを見みせまいとした。
      He tried to hold back his anger.
    4. ④
      whether you ... or not; whether one does ... or not
      as ...（よ）うが...～が or ...（よ）うと...～と
      雨あめが降ふろうと降ふるまいと、私わたくしは計画けいかくを変かえない。
      Whether it rains or not, I won't change my plan.
    5. ⑤
      couldn't you?; won't you?; how about?
      as ～か; indicates request or invitation
      See also: 真烏賊 (マイカ), 佳 (か)
    6. ⑥
      it's not as if ..., so; it's not like; it's not as though
      as（では／でも）ある～し
      私達わたしたちは金持かねもちではあるまいし。
      It isn't as if we were rich.
    7. ⑦
      would surely not ... (if); would never ... (and yet)
      as（ある）～に; indicates counterfactuality
    8. ⑧
      surely not; there's no way that
      as（では／でも）ある～に; indicates reproach; oft. at sentence end
    9. ⑨
      must not; don't; shall not
      indicates prohibition; oft. as ～ぞ
    1. ①
      Mai
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まい Mai
Sentences
「ねこまっしぐら」というのは、飼かい猫ねこがエサに向むかってまいしんする様子ようすを表あらわしている。
The phrase "make a bee line for" expresses the look of how a bee heads straight for food with speed and energy.
Ａ市しからＢ市しまでのチケット、片道かたみち２にまいください。
I'd like two one-way tickets from A to B.
そんなうわさは誰だれも信しんじまい。
Nobody will believe that rumor.
もう言ゆうまい。
I'll say no more.
彼かれは怒いかりを見みせまいとした。
He tried to hold back his anger.
私達わたしたちは金持かねもちではあるまいし。
It isn't as if we were rich.
雨あめが降ふろうと降ふるまいと、私わたくしは計画けいかくを変かえない。
Whether it rains or not, I won't change my plan.