待ち遠しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
とお > どお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「待ち遠しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 待ち遠しく ちどおしく
ちどおし

Terminal (終止形) 待ち遠しい ちどおし
Attributive (連体形) 待ち遠しい ちどおし
Key constructions
Informal negative 待ち遠しくない ちどおしくない
ちどおしくない

Informal past 待ち遠しかった ちどおしかった
ちどおしかった

Informal negative past 待ち遠しくなかった ちどおしくなかった
ちどおしくなかった

Formal 待ち遠しいです ちどおしいです
Conjunctive 待ち遠しくて ちどおしくて
ちどおしくて

Conditional 待ち遠しければ ちどおしければ
ちどおしければ

Adjective

()(どお)しい (machidōshii-i (adverbial ()(どお)しく (machidōshiku))

  1. anxiously awaited

Inflection