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待ち遠しい

まちどおしい

i-adjective

Meanings

1looking forward to
2longed-for
3anxiously awaited

Example sentence

花見ができる春が待ち遠しい。

I can't wait for spring to come so we can sit under the cherry trees.

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Kanji in this word

待Wait, Depend On9 strokes 遠Distant, Far13 strokes

More words with 待

期待きたい · expectationN3 招待しょうたいする · invitationN4 招待しょうたい · invitation 待遇たいぐう · treatmentN1 接待せったい · entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world)

Full entry on Jisho

待機

たいき · standing by

待望たいぼう · long-expectedN1

待つまつ · to waitN5

More words with 遠

永遠えいえん · eternityN3 望遠鏡ぼうえんきょう · telescopeN2 遠慮えんりょ · reserve 遠慮えんりょする · restraintN4 遠征えんせい · (military) expedition 敬遠けいえん · keeping at arm's length 遠くとおく · far awayN4 ご遠慮くださいごえんりょください · please refrain (from)

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