待

wait

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Kun readingま.つ、-ま.ち

JōyōGrade 3

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Nelson · column · going (行) · line · Buddhist temple · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · glue

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 944

Compound words

待つまつ

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on

招待しょうたい

invitation

期待きたい

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising

歓待かんたい

warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment

虐待ぎゃくたい

abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty

接待せったい

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

待機たいき

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine

待遇たいぐう

treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary

待望たいぼう

waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited

待ちまち

waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

待合まちあい

rendezvous; meeting; assignation; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room

心待ちこころまち

anticipation; expectation

待合室まちあいしつ

waiting room

期待感きたいかん

sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope

待たすまたす

to keep (a person) waiting

待ち伏せまちぶせ

ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

待ち望むまちのぞむ

to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

待たせるまたせる

to keep (a person) waiting

待ち遠しいまちどおしい

longed-for; anxiously awaited

待ち兼ねるまちかねる

to wait impatiently for

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)

待ち合わせまちあわせ

appointment

待ち受けるまちうける

to await; to wait for; to expect

お待ちかねおまちかね

long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

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Practice Writing 待

待

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Radicals and components

Mnemonic (RtK)

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Practice Writing

Practice Writing 待