► 副詞
未だ [(1)まだ] meaning: only rank: 1
☆ 彼女はお産をしてから未だ一週間しか経っていないのにもう仕事に復帰している ⇨ It has been only a week since she delivered a baby and she is already back at work (☛ “Only”, in terms of time)
未だ [(1)まだ] meaning: still rank: 1
☆ 彼は未だ若過ぎる ⇨ He is still too young
☆ 未だ八時だ ⇨ It is still 8PM
☆ 味は未だ我慢出来るが、この臭いはどうにも我慢出来ない ⇨ I can live with this taste, but I can’t stand this smell (☛ Something is still doable, tolerable, understandable, etc. in a certain condition, but not in the given condition)
☆ 徐々に変えるなら未だ分かるが、一度に全てを変えるのは無謀だ ⇨ It is doable if we change things gradually, but change everything all at once is stupid (☛ Something is still doable, tolerable, understandable, etc. in a certain condition, but not in the given condition)
未だ [(1)まだ] meaning: yet rank: 1
☆ 結果は未だはっきりしない ⇨ The result is not clear yet
未だ [いまだ] [未だ～ない] [liter] meaning: yet rank: 2
☆ 事故の原因は未だ判っていない ⇨ The cause of the accident is yet to be known
☆ 彼から未だ何の返事もない ⇨ There has been no response from him yet
► 形容動詞
未だ [(1)まだ] meaning: still rank: 1
☆ お昼未だだったら一緒にどう？ ⇨ If you still haven’t had a lunch, why don’t we go together?
☆ 御飯未だ？ ⇨ Isn’t dinner ready yet?
More examples:
- 彼は未だセックスしたことがない ⇨ He still hasn’t experienced sex. He is a virgin
- あの店未だ暖簾が掛かってるよ ⇨ The nolen is still hanging for that store (= it is still open)
- 都心なら未だしもこんなに遠い郊外でこんな高い家は馬鹿らしい ⇨ It is understandable in the city, but a house this expensive in a faraway suburb like this is ridiculous
- 彼女は15才なのに未だに子供っぽい ⇨ She is 15 but still like a child
- 私達の間には未だもやもやが残っている ⇨ There are still some frustrations left among us
- 妊娠した実感が未だに沸かない ⇨ It still hasn’t sunk in that I’m pregnant
- 彼女は未だ男の子とキスしたことがない ⇨ She hasn’t kissed a boy yet
- 彼は未だ三十だが禿げ上がっている ⇨ He is bald even though he is still 30
- 彼の心臓は未だ打っている ⇨ His heart is still beating
- 赤ちゃんは未だ首が座らない ⇨ The baby’s neck is not stable yet
- 作戦は未だ実行されていない ⇨ The operation has not been carried out yet
- 他の人達は皆未だ働いているのに自分だけ先に帰るのは悪い気がした ⇨ I felt bad to go home first when everybody else was still working
- その事件は未だ記憶に新しい ⇨ That incident is still new, fresh, to our memory
- シャツに未だ値札が付いたままだ ⇨ A price tag is still attached to the shirt
- エジプト人が如何にピラミッドを建造したのかは未だ謎だ ⇨ It is still a mystery how Egyptians built pyramids