I Love Kanji待ち遠しい (machidooshii)
待ち遠しい (まちどおしい, machidooshii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “longed-for; anxiously awaited”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まちどおしい
- Romaji
- machidooshii
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- longed-for; anxiously awaited · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 待ち遠しい
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 待ち遠しい | まちどおしい machidooshii |
| Negative | 待ち遠しくない | まちどおしくない machidooshikunai |
| Past | 待ち遠しかった | まちどおしかった machidooshikatta |
| Negative past | 待ち遠しくなかった | まちどおしくなかった machidooshikunakatta |
| Te-form | 待ち遠しくて | まちどおしくて machidooshikute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 待ち遠しく | まちどおしく machidooshiku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 待ち遠しければ | まちどおしければ machidooshikereba |
Kanji in 待ち遠しい
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 待ち遠しい.
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遠いとおいfar遠慮えんりょreserve遠くとおくfar away永遠えいえんeternity
Source: JMdict entry 1410480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.