待
wait; depend on
9 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 391.
Readings
- まつ (kun reading): 待つ (まつ) to wait; 待たす (またす) to keep (a person) waiting
- タイ (on reading): 期待 (きたい) expectation; 招待 (しょうたい) invitation
- まち (kun reading): 待ち (まち) waiting; 待ち遠しい (まちどおしい) longed-for
Components
Words using 待
- 待つ (まつ) to wait
- 待たす (またす) to keep (a person) waiting
- 待合室 (まちあいしつ) waiting room
- 待合所 (まちあいじょ) shelter (for buses)
- 待合 (まちあい) rendezvous
- 期待 (きたい) expectation
- 招待 (しょうたい) invitation
- 待機 (たいき) standing by
- 虐待 (ぎゃくたい) abuse
- 待遇 (たいぐう) treatment
- 待ち (まち) waiting
- 待ち遠しい (まちどおしい) longed-for
- 待ち合わせ (まちあわせ) appointment
- 心待ち (こころまち) anticipation
- 待ち伏せ (まちぶせ) ambush
- 待宵 (まつよい) night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come
- 雪待月 (ゆきまつつき) eleventh lunar month
216 words in all.