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まあまあ

so-so, passable, not bad; (interjection) now, now; there, there

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Examples

  1. 「研究はどうですか」「まあまあです」

    「けんきゅうはどうですか」「まあまあです」

    "How's your research coming along?" "Not bad."

  2. 試験の結果はまあまあだった。

    しけんのけっかはまあまあだった。

    The exam results were so-so.

  3. まあまあ、そんなに怒らないでください。

    まあまあ、そんなにおこらないでください。

    Now, now, please don't get so angry.

Common patterns

まあまあです
so-so, not bad
まあまあの出来
a passable job
まあまあ、落ち着いて
now now, calm down

Memory tip

Two lives in one word. As an evaluation it means "nothing special but acceptable" and is a modest way to describe your own results; at the start of a sentence it is the "there, there" used to calm someone down.

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