儘
1
tal como es (está);tal como es (está);porque
1
as (it is);remaining (in a state);keeping (the same);leaving (unchanged)
町は昔のままだった。
The town was exactly the same as before.
2
with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on);while (e.g. standing, alive);as
after a past-tense verb describing a state
窓を開けたまま寝るな。
Don't sleep with the windows open.
3
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.);according to
as 〜に
足の向くままに歩いた。
We let our legs do the leading.
4
only applies to
ママ
sic
indicating that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
See also:
原文のまま (げんぶんのまま)
Other forms
侭 【まま】 (rarely used kanji form)