待つ

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 [máꜜtsù]
Imperative (命令形) 待て ま​て [máꜜtè]
Key constructions
Passive 待たれる またれ​る [màtáréꜜrù]
Causative 待たせる またせ​る [màtáséꜜrù]
Potential 待てる まて​る [màtéꜜrù]
Volitional 待とう まと​ー [màtóꜜò]
Negative 待たない また​ない [màtáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 待たなかった また​なかった [màtáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 待ちます まちま​す [màchímáꜜsù]
Perfective 待った ま​った [máꜜttà]
Conjunctive 待って ま​って [máꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 待てば ま​てば [máꜜtèbà]

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

See also

References
  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. 1960, Hirayama Teruo (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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