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未だ

まだ

still, (not) yet

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Examples

  1. 彼は未だ来ていない。

    かれはまだきていない。

    He hasn't come yet.

  2. その問題は未だ解けません。

    そのもんだいはまだとけません。

    I still can't solve that problem.

  3. 父は七十歳ですが、未だ元気に働いています。

    ちちはななじゅっさいですが、まだげんきにはたらいています。

    My father is seventy, but he is still working away happily.

Common patterns

未だに
even now, still (to this day)
未だ〜ない
not yet ...
未だ早い
it's still early

Memory tip

Normally written in kana; the kanji form 未だ turns up in formal writing, and 未だに (いまだに) — "even now, still" with a note of impatience — keeps it. Pair it against もう: もう食べた "already ate", まだ食べていない "haven't eaten yet".

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