I Love Kanji待つ (matsu)
待つ (まつ, matsu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to wait”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まつ
- Romaji
- matsu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to wait · godan verb, transitive, intransitive
- to await; to look forward to; to anticipate · godan verb, transitive, intransitive
- to depend on; to need · godan verb, transitive, intransitive · usu. in negative form
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 待つ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in つ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 待つ | まつ matsu |
| Polite (~masu) | 待ちます | まちます machimasu |
| Negative | 待たない | またない matanai |
| Polite negative | 待ちません | まちません machimasen |
| Past | 待った | まった matta |
| Polite past | 待ちました | まちました machimashita |
| Negative past | 待たなかった | またなかった matanakatta |
| Te-form | 待って | まって matte |
| Potential | 待てる | まてる materu |
| Passive | 待たれる | またれる matareru |
| Causative | 待たせる | またせる mataseru |
| Volitional | 待とう | まとう matou |
| Imperative | 待て | まて mate |
| Conditional (~ba) | 待てば | まてば mateba |
Kanji in 待つ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 待つ.
招待しょうたいinvitation期待きたいexpectation待合室まちあいしつwaiting room待ち合わせるまちあわせるto rendezvousお待たせしましたおまたせしましたthank you for waiting待遇たいぐうtreatment待望たいぼうwaiting expectantly待ち望むまちのぞむto wait eagerly for待ち合わせまちあわせappointment待ち遠しいまちどおしいlonged-for
Source: JMdict entry 1410590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.