Japanese/Grammar/Grammar Assorted

Question Word + V-ても

No matter (who/what/when/where/etc.) 例：

• タイタニックは何回見ても感動(かんどう)します。
  No matter how many times I see Titanic, it moves me.
• このスープは誰が飲んでみても、まずいです。
  This soup is gross, no matter who tries it.
• コミケットはいつ行っても、込んでいます。
  No matter when you go to Comic Market, it's crowded.
• どんなに頭のいい人でもこの問題(もんだい)は分かりにくいです。
  No matter how smart someone is, this problem is hard to understand.

～まま

Do while leaving something in a certain state. While still ～.

Verbs	(plain, , affirmative) + まま (plain, present, negative) + まま	つけたまま*　あけたまま* 消さないまま*　閉めないまま*
i-Adjectives	い + まま	若いまま　赤いまま
na-Adjectives	な + まま	便利なまま　元気なまま
Nouns	の + まま	去年のまま　このまま

*Note that these verbs are transitive. This is a little confusing because in English, we say "I left window open when I left the house." and in Japanese it would be 窓を開けたまま出かけた which is "I left the window in the state of having opened it when I left the house."

例：

• 電灯をつけたまま寝てしまった。
  I went to bed with the lights still on.
• 電灯を消さないまま寝てしまった。
  I went to bed without turning off the lights. (Same meaning as above example.)
• このままにしておいて下さい。
  Please leave it like you found it. (Leave it like it is now.)