「研究はどうですか」「まあまあです」
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English Translation
"How's your research coming along?" "Not so bad."
Furigana
「研究 はどうですか」「まあまあです」
Romanji
" kenkyū wa dō desu ka"" mā mā desu"
Words
研究
(けんきゅう)
study; research; investigation
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
如何
(どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
です
(です)
be; is
か
(か)
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
まあ
(まあ、ま)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now; tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat; well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so...; oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!