ま

• IPA^(key): [ma̠]

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 末 in the cursive sōsho style. Variants include those derived by similar process from 万, 萬, 満, 馬, 間, 摩, 漫, 真 and 麻.

ま (romaji ma)

1. The hiragana syllable ま (ma). Its equivalent in katakana is マ (ma). It is the thirty-first syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行あ段 (ma-gyō a-dan, “row ma, section a”).

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

ま (rōmaji ma)

1. 魔: demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence

• (Tokyo) ま [mà] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠]

ま (rōmaji ma)

1. space; room

• 床 (とこ)の間 (ま) (toko no ma)
• 茶 (ちゃ)の間 (ま) (cha no ma)
• 束 (つか)の間 (ま) (tsuka no ma)
• 間 (ま)に合 (あ)う (ma ni au)
• 間 (ま)もなく (ma mo naku)

• 中 (なか) (naka)