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    3. 待つ

    待つ

    待まつ​

    to wait

    N5KMT7News #18+1CoreVerb, Transitive, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab10 strokes

    俟つ

    まつ

    Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    to wait
    2.
    to await, to look forward to, to anticipate
    3.
    to depend on, to need

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    駅えきで友とも達だちを待まちます。

    I will wait for my friend at the station.

    KMT3Daily Life
    毎まい日にち、郵ゆう便びん配はい達たつ員いんが来くるのを玄げん関かんで待まっている。

    Every day, I wait at the entrance for the mail carrier to come.

    KMT6Daily LifeHome & Housing
    バスが来くるのをしばらく待まちましょう。

    Let's wait a while for the bus to come.

    KMT7Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    来らい週しゅうの旅りょ行こうを心こころ待まちにしている。

    I'm eagerly awaiting next week's trip.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationEmotions & Psychology
    成せい功こうを焦あせらず、じっくりとチャンスを待まつことが重じゅう要ようだ。

    It's important not to rush success, but to patiently wait for an opportunity.

    KMT8Core Concepts

    Characters that make up this word

    待
    ま.つ・-ま.ち…(3)
    wait・depend on
    Kanji
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
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