JLPT Grammar
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～まま
Usage:
Past Tense Form of Verb + まま
Negative Form of Verb + まま
イ-Adjective + まま
ナ-Adjective + な + まま
Noun + の + まま
Meaning:
Express that the status remains unchanged.
Examples:
彼はテレビをつけたまま寝てしまった。
He fell asleep with the TV on.
現状が変わらないままです。
The current situation remains unchanged.
料理を熱いまま冷蔵庫に入れないでください。
Don’t put food in the refrigerator while it’s still hot.
画面が真っ黒なままです。
The screen is still black.
ずっと学生のままでいたいです。
I want to be a student forever.
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I suppose you cannot replace it by 間に? And is it much different from っぱなし?
How I see it, まま is leaving something as it is, while っぱなし is really only used for when something is left on or in use. So you may replace まま with っぱなし in the first example, but not for any of the rest. 間に is distinct from these two in that it is used in conjunction with another phrase to express that the latter happened while the former was happening. Hope this helps.