JLPT N2 · Expression

お待たせしました (omataseshimashita)

お待たせしました (おまたせしました, omataseshimashita) is a Japanese expression meaning “thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おまたせしました
Romaji: omataseshimashita
Word class: Expression
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting · expression · polite

Example sentences

長いことお待たせしましたか。

Have I kept you waiting long?

Tatoeba #126005

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

Kanji in お待たせしました

wait, depend onタイ・ま.つ・-ま.ち · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with お待たせしました.

待つまつto wait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 2149640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.