待つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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 [máꜜtsù]
Imperative (命令形) 待て [máꜜtè]
Key constructions
Passive 待たれる たれ [màtáréꜜrù]
Causative 待たせる たせ [màtáséꜜrù]
Potential 待てる [màtéꜜrù]
Volitional 待とう [màtóꜜò]
Negative 待たない ない [màtáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 待たなかった なかった [màtáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 待ちます ちま [màchímáꜜsù]
Perfective 待った った [máꜜttà]
Conjunctive 待って って [máꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 待てば てば [máꜜtèbà]

Verb

() (matsu) transitive godan (stem () (machi), past ()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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