Illustration: At a small apartment breakfast table, a young adult tastes a homemade rolled omelet while its hopeful cook watches closely. The omelet is recognizably successful but slightly lopsided, with uneven layers and one overbrowned edge.

JLPT N4na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

まあまあ

maamaa

so-so, passable

Example sentences

「研究けんきゅうはどうですか」「まあまあです」
"How’s your research coming along?" "Not so bad."
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カレーはまあまあでした。
The curry was nothing special.
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彼かれは銀行員ぎんこういんとして、まあまあの給料きゅうりょうをもらっている。
He gets a reasonable salary as a bank clerk.
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