待つ

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Japanese

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

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *matu. 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
Imperative (命令形) 待て まて
Key constructions
Passive 待たれる またれる
Causative 待たせる またせる
Potential 待てる まてる
Volitional 待とう まとー
Negative 待たない またない
Negative perfective 待たなかった またなかった
Formal 待ちます まちます
Perfective 待った まった
Conjunctive 待って まって
Hypothetical conditional 待てば まてば

Verb

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

  1. to wait (for)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "待つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 待た また mata
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 待ち まち machi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 待つ まつ matsu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 待つ まつ matsu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 待て まて mate
Meireikei ("imperative") 待て まて mate
Key constructions
Passive 待たれる またれる matareru
Causative 待たせる
待たす 		またせる
またす 		mataseru
matasu
Potential 待てる まてる materu
Volitional 待とう まとう matō
Negative 待たない またない matanai
Negative continuative 待たず またず matazu
Formal 待ちます まちます machimasu
Perfective 待った まった matta
Conjunctive 待って まって matte
Hypothetical conditional 待てば まてば mateba
Classical conjugation of "待つ" (タ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 待た また mata
Continuative (連用形) 待ち まち mati
Terminal (終止形) 待つ まつ matu
Attributive (連体形) 待つ まつ matu
Realis (已然形) 待て まて mate
Imperative (命令形) 待て まて mate
Key constructions
Negative 待たず またず matazu
Contrasting conjunction 待てど まてど matedo
Causal conjunction 待てば まてば mateba
Conditional conjunction 待たば またば mataba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 待ちき まちき matiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 待ちけり まちけり matikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 待ちつ まちつ matitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 待ちぬ まちぬ matinu
Perfect-continuative tense 待てり
待ちたり		 まてり
まちたり		 materi
matitari
Volitional 待たむ またむ matamu

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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