► 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:
- この技術の実用化には未だ相当時間がかかる ⇨ It will still take some time to put this technology into practical use
- 彼は未だ女の子とデートしたことがない ⇨ He has never dated a girl yet
- 彼女は未だ東京に出て来たばかりだ ⇨ She has just moved to Tokyo (from a small town)
- 最終結果は未だ不明だ ⇨ The final result is not clear yet
- 日は決まったが、時間は未だ決まっていない ⇨ The date has been set, but the time has not been set
- 国連の安全保障理事会には第二次大戦の勝国が未だに常任されている ⇨ The winners of WW2 are still the permanent members of the UN security council
- この期に及んで未だそんなことを言ってるのか？ ⇨ Are you still saying something like that in a time like this?
- 傷口は未だじくじくしている ⇨ The wound still has fluid in it
- 未だ十分時間の余裕がある ⇨ We still have enough time left
- 私が子供の頃は未だ産婆さんがいた ⇨ There were still midwives around when I was a kid
- 未だ成功が決まったわけではないから浮かれていてはいけない ⇨ The success is not secured yet, so we cannot celebrate and lose our focus yet
- 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
- 結果は未だはっきりしない ⇨ The outcome is not clear yet
- 五年間の戦争で未だに勝敗がはっきりしない ⇨ It is still not clear who won and who lost after 5 years of battle
- この国には未だに近代的な司法制度が無い ⇨ This country still doesn’t have a modern judicial system