Lingaku待たす【またす】
Frequency rank: 5,710. – 5,714.
- to keep (a person) waitingsee also 待たせる【またせる】
Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 待たす【またす】Frequency rank: 5,710. – 5,714.
- またすFrequency rank: 54,044. – 55,693.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to keep (a person) waiting
This phrase is used when someone causes another person to wait longer than expected, often implying inconvenience or frustration.
Generated collocations (experimental)
またす待たすことkeeping someone waitingともだち友達をまたす待たすto keep a friend waitingこども子供をまたす待たすto keep a child waitingまたされた待たされたじかん時間the time spent waitingちょうじかん長時間またす待たすto keep waiting for a long timeいそいで急いでまたす待たすto hastily keep someone waitingわざとまたす待たすto intentionally keep someone waitingまたす待たすのはよくない良くないit's not good to keep someone waitingびじねすビジネスみいてぃんぐミーティングでまたす待たすto keep someone waiting in a business meetingあいて相手をまたす待たすことはしつれい失礼it's rude to keep the other person waiting
Example sentences
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After a long wait in line, she was told she should get a certified copy of her birth certificate as identification.
They were held up in a traffic jam for half an hour.
We have to be there on time, so don't stand me up tomorrow!
I was kept waiting in the rain for as long as ten minutes.
He kept me waiting there for more than an hour this afternoon.