風待ち

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
風 待
かざ
Grade: 2 		ま
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From 風(かざ) (kaza, “wind”, compounding form) + 待(ま)ち (machi, “waiting”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 待(ま)つ (matsu, “to wait”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

風(かざ)待(ま)ち • (kazamachi) 

  1. (of ships) waiting for a favorable wind for departure

Verb

風(かざ)待(ま)ちする • (kazamachi suru) suru (stem 風(かざ)待(ま)ちし (kazamachi shi), past 風(かざ)待(ま)ちした (kazamachi shita))

  1. (of ships) to wait for a favorable wind for departure
Conjugation
Conjugation of "風待ちする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 風待ちし かざまちし kazamachi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 風待ちし かざまちし kazamachi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 風待ちする かざまちする kazamachi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 風待ちする かざまちする kazamachi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 風待ちすれ かざまちすれ kazamachi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 風待ちせよ¹
風待ちしろ² 		かざまちせよ¹
かざまちしろ² 		kazamachi seyo¹
kazamachi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 風待ちされる かざまちされる kazamachi sareru
Causative 風待ちさせる
風待ちさす 		かざまちさせる
かざまちさす 		kazamachi saseru
kazamachi sasu
Potential 風待ちできる かざまちできる kazamachi dekiru
Volitional 風待ちしよう かざまちしよう kazamachi shiyō
Negative 風待ちしない かざまちしない kazamachi shinai
Negative continuative 風待ちせず かざまちせず kazamachi sezu
Formal 風待ちします かざまちします kazamachi shimasu
Perfective 風待ちした かざまちした kazamachi shita
Conjunctive 風待ちして かざまちして kazamachi shite
Hypothetical conditional 風待ちすれば かざまちすれば kazamachi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
風 待
かぜ
Grade: 2 		ま
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From 風(かぜ) (kaze, “wind”) + 待(ま)ち (machi, “waiting”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 待(ま)つ (matsu, “to wait”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

風(かぜ)待(ま)ち • (kazemachi) 

  1. (of ships) waiting for a favorable wind for departure
Derived terms

Verb

風(かぜ)待(ま)ちする • (kazemachi suru) suru (stem 風(かぜ)待(ま)ちし (kazemachi shi), past 風(かぜ)待(ま)ちした (kazemachi shita))

  1. (of ships) to wait for a favorable wind for departure
Conjugation
Conjugation of "風待ちする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 風待ちし かぜまちし kazemachi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 風待ちし かぜまちし kazemachi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 風待ちする かぜまちする kazemachi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 風待ちする かぜまちする kazemachi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 風待ちすれ かぜまちすれ kazemachi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 風待ちせよ¹
風待ちしろ² 		かぜまちせよ¹
かぜまちしろ² 		kazemachi seyo¹
kazemachi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 風待ちされる かぜまちされる kazemachi sareru
Causative 風待ちさせる
風待ちさす 		かぜまちさせる
かぜまちさす 		kazemachi saseru
kazemachi sasu
Potential 風待ちできる かぜまちできる kazemachi dekiru
Volitional 風待ちしよう かぜまちしよう kazemachi shiyō
Negative 風待ちしない かぜまちしない kazemachi shinai
Negative continuative 風待ちせず かぜまちせず kazemachi sezu
Formal 風待ちします かぜまちします kazemachi shimasu
Perfective 風待ちした かぜまちした kazemachi shita
Conjunctive 風待ちして かぜまちして kazemachi shite
Hypothetical conditional 風待ちすれば かぜまちすれば kazemachi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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