Lingaku待ちぼうけ【まちぼうけ】
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- waiting in vain
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- waiting in vain
This phrase is used to describe the feeling or experience of waiting for someone or something that does not arrive or occur, leading to disappointment.
He waited in vain, and in the end, no one came.
She was waiting for her friend, but ended up waiting in vain.
Generated collocations (experimental)
まちぼうけ待ちぼうけをするto wait in vainまちぼうけ待ちぼうけをくらう食らうto be stood up (to wait in vain for someone who doesn't show up)ながい長いまちぼうけ待ちぼうけa long wait in vainそのけっか結果、まちぼうけ待ちぼうけas a result, waiting in vainまちぼうけ待ちぼうけのじかん時間time spent waiting in vainまちぼうけ待ちぼうけをけいけん経験するto experience waiting in vainまちぼうけ待ちぼうけになるto become stuck waiting in vainかれ彼をまって待ってまちぼうけ待ちぼうけたI waited in vain for him
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