Onyomi: タイ · Kunyomi: -ま.ち, ま.つ · Meanings: depend on, wait
Kanji for depend on, wait
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The kanji 待 combines the “person” radical (彳) with the character for “temple” (寺), symbolizing someone standing or waiting at a place of importance. In ancient times, it represented waiting patiently or staying until the right moment. 待 came to mean wait, depend on, or expect, capturing patience and anticipation.
A person standing at a temple — 待 means to wait, depend, or expect something.
Imagine standing patiently at a temple, waiting for someone — that’s 待, the kanji for waiting and patience.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 待つ | まつ | to wait | common JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'tsu' ending, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 待合室 | まちあいしつ | waiting room | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 待ち合わせる | まちあわせる | to rendezvous, to meet at a prearranged place and time, to arrange to meet | common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 待ち望む | まちのぞむ | to wait eagerly for, to look forward to | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 待遇 | たいぐう | treatment, reception, service | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 待望 | たいぼう | waiting expectantly, waiting eagerly, looking forward to | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 待ち遠しい | まちどおしい | longed-for, anxiously awaited | common JLPT-N1 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 待ち合わせ | まちあわせ | appointment | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 待たせる | またせる | to keep (a person) waiting | common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 待たす | またす | to keep (a person) waiting | common Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 待ち | まち | waiting, waiting time | common Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 待機 | たいき | standing by, awaiting an opportunity, being on alert | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 待ち構える | まちかまえる | to lie in wait (for), to be on the watch (for), to wait (for), to watch (for) | common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 待ち受ける | まちうける | to await, to wait for, to expect | common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 待ちかねる | まちかねる | to wait impatiently for | common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |