JLPT N1 · Verb

待ち望む (machinozomu)

待ち望む (まちのぞむ, machinozomu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to wait eagerly for; to look forward to”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
まちのぞむ
Romaji
machinozomu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to wait eagerly for; to look forward to · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

これを待ち望んでいました。
This is what I was waiting for.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 待ち望む

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary待ち望むまちのぞむ machinozomu
Polite (~masu)待ち望みますまちのぞみます machinozomimasu
Negative待ち望まないまちのぞまない machinozomanai
Polite negative待ち望みませんまちのぞみません machinozomimasen
Past待ち望んだまちのぞんだ machinozonda
Polite past待ち望みましたまちのぞみました machinozomimashita
Negative past待ち望まなかったまちのぞまなかった machinozomanakatta
Te-form待ち望んでまちのぞんで machinozonde
Potential待ち望めるまちのぞめる machinozomeru
Passive待ち望まれるまちのぞまれる machinozomareru
Causative待ち望ませるまちのぞませる machinozomaseru
Volitional待ち望もうまちのぞもう machinozomou
Imperative待ち望めまちのぞめ machinozome
Conditional (~ba)待ち望めばまちのぞめば machinozomeba

Kanji in 待ち望む

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 待ち望む.

Source: JMdict entry 1410580 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.