待ち兼ねる

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Japanese

Etymology

By surface analysis, 待ち (machi, “to wait”, ren'yōkei of 待つ (matsu)) +‎ 兼ねる (“to find difficult to”, suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

待(ま)ち兼(か)ねる • (machikaneru) transitive ichidan (stem 待(ま)ち兼(か)ね (machikane), past 待(ま)ち兼(か)ねた (machikaneta))

  1. to wait impatiently for; to wait eagerly for
    便(たよ)りを待(ま)ち兼(か)ねる
    tayori o machikaneru
    to eagerly await correspondence from someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of "待ち兼ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 待ち兼ね まちかね machikane
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 待ち兼ね まちかね machikane
Shūshikei ("terminal") 待ち兼ねる まちかねる machikaneru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 待ち兼ねる まちかねる machikaneru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 待ち兼ねれ まちかねれ machikanere
Meireikei ("imperative") 待ち兼ねよ¹
待ち兼ねろ² 		まちかねよ¹
まちかねろ² 		machikaneyo¹
machikanero²
Key constructions
Passive 待ち兼ねられる まちかねられる machikanerareru
Causative 待ち兼ねさせる
待ち兼ねさす 		まちかねさせる
まちかねさす 		machikanesaseru
machikanesasu
Potential 待ち兼ねられる
待ち兼ねれる³ 		まちかねられる
まちかねれる³ 		machikanerareru
machikanereru³
Volitional 待ち兼ねよう まちかねよう machikaneyō
Negative 待ち兼ねない
待ち兼ねぬ
待ち兼ねん 		まちかねない
まちかねぬ
まちかねん 		machikanenai
machikanenu
machikanen
Negative continuative 待ち兼ねず まちかねず machikanezu
Formal 待ち兼ねます まちかねます machikanemasu
Perfective 待ち兼ねた まちかねた machikaneta
Conjunctive 待ち兼ねて まちかねて machikanete
Hypothetical conditional 待ち兼ねれば まちかねれば machikanereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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