〜ままに

just as (told) / as one likes

"Just as X": doing something exactly as you are told, or freely, as your feelings lead you.

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How to form it

After a passive verb, it means going along without resistance: 言(い)われるままに (just as I was told).
With 気(き)の向(む)く or 思(おも)う, it means freely: 気(き)の向(む)くままに (wherever the mood takes me), 思(おも)うままに (as one pleases).

言(い)われるままに、書類(しょるい)にサインした。

I signed the papers, just as I was told.

気(き)の向(む)くままに、旅(たび)をする。

I travel wherever the mood takes me.

After a passive verb, it often suggests going along without thinking for yourself.

How it comes back in Isori

One sentence, four ways to recall it. Isori writes sentences like this from the grammar you’re on and the words due that day.

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気(き)の向(む)くままに、旅(たび)をする。

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I travel wherever the mood takes me.

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気(き)の向(む)くままに、旅(たび)をする。

I travel wherever the mood takes me.

Write it in Japanese.

I travel wherever the mood takes me.

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気(き)の向(む)くままに、旅(たび)をする。

Say it aloud in Japanese.

I travel wherever the mood takes me.

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気(き)の向(む)くままに、旅(たび)をする。

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