待つ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 待 |
| ま Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) まつ [máꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ma̠t͡sɨᵝ]
Verb
待つ (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana まつ, rōmaji matsu)
- to wait (for)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "待つ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 待た | また | mata |
| Continuative (連用形) | 待ち | まち | machi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 待つ | まつ | matsu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 待つ | まつ | matsu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 待て | まて | mate |
| Imperative (命令形) | 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 |
See also
- 我慢する (gaman suru): to be patient; to display restraint
References
- 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
- Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.