Lingaku待つ【まつ】
Frequency rank: 180.
- to wait
- to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
- to depend on; to needusu. in negative form
Godan verb with 'tsu' ending; transitive verb; intransitive verb
Forms
Generated word frames (experimental)
[Person] waits at [Place]
My friend is waiting at the station.
[Person] waits for [Person]
She is waiting for her older brother.
[Person] waits for [Situation]
[Person] waits for [Result]
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to wait
- to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
- to depend on; to need
This meaning is used when referring to the act of staying in one place until a specific event occurs or until someone arrives.
I am waiting for my friend.
I was listening to music while waiting for the bus.
This meaning conveys a sense of eagerness or expectation about future events or matters.
I am awaiting his reply.
I am looking forward to the trip.
This meaning indicates reliance on something or a requirement for something to happen or to facilitate an action.
Generated collocations (experimental)
まつ待つのをたのしみにする楽しみにするto look forward to waitingまちあわせ待ち合わせをするto arrange a meetingおまたせしましたお待たせしましたThank you for your patience (I apologize for the wait)まつ待つことができないcannot waitたいき待機するto stand byまちどおしい待ち遠しいlong-awaitedながいあいだ長い間まつ待つto wait a long timeまった待ったかいがある甲斐があるworth the waitたいき待機じかん時間waiting timeまたれる待たれることbeing awaited
Generated related terms (experimental)
たいき待機【たいき】
To be on standby; to wait in readiness for something.
きたい期待【きたい】
To look forward to or have expectations for something.
いぞん依存【いぞん】
To depend on or rely on someone or something.
ひつよう必要【ひつよう】
To need or require something; to have necessity.
Example sentences
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It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.
Take it seriously! The school festival won't wait for us. We're already in the final countdown.
Please hold the line so as not to lose your place in the queue.
To keep holding the barrier up is just to wait for death! So we're going to go out past the wall and counter attack the enemy, you ready!?
"What's up? Fidgeting around in front of the house." "Um ... I was waiting for you to come back."
12. へんじ返事をまつ待つありすアリスにむけられた向けられたのはとつぜん突然のほうこう咆哮。それはみみ耳をつらぬか貫かんばかりにするどく鋭く、てん天にとどか届かんばかりにおおきく大きくひびく響くものでした。
What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.
The train arrived on time, so we didn't have to wait at all.