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待つ まつ N5

  1. to wait
  2. to anticipate; to await; to look forward to
  3. to depend on; to need

待つ身は長い まつみはながい

  1. a watched pot never boils

逸を以て労を待つ いつをもってろうをまつ

  1. to wait for the enemy to tire at ease

鶴首して待つ かくしゅしてまつ

  1. to be full of anticipation; to long for; to wait expectantly

機が熟すのを待つ きがじゅくすのをまつ

  1. to wait for a ripe moment

時を待つ ときをまつ

  1. to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

人事を尽くして天命を待つ じんじをつくしててんめいをまつ

  1. do your best and leave the rest to providence; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate); man proposes, God disposes

待ちに待つ まちにまつ

  1. to eagerly await; to wait and wait; to wait for a long time

楽しみに待つ たのしみにまつ

  1. to await in anticipation; to wait expectantly

首を洗って待つ くびをあらってまつ

  1. to wait before one gets what's coming to one; to wait for one's punishment; to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
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