待つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
待
ま
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
俟つ (rare)

Etymology

Cognate with Okinawan 待ちゅん (machun, “to wait (for)”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "待つ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
待つ ま​つ [máꜜtsù]
Imperative (命令形) 待て ま​て [máꜜtè]
Key constructions
Passive 待たれる またれ​る [màtáréꜜrù]
Causative 待たせる またせ​る [màtáséꜜrù]
Potential 待てる まて​る [màtéꜜrù]
Volitional 待とう まと​ー [màtóꜜò]
Negative 待たない また​ない [màtáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 待たなかった また​なかった [màtáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 待ちます まちま​す [màchímáꜜsù]
Perfective 待った ま​った [máꜜttà]
Conjunctive 待って ま​って [máꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 待てば ま​てば [máꜜtèbà]

Verb

待(ま)つ • (matsu) transitive godan (stem 待(ま)ち (machi), past 待(ま)った (matta))

  1. to wait (for)

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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