"待ち" meaning in Japanese

See 待ち in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ma̠t͡ɕi] Forms: 待ち [canonical] (ruby: ()), machi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|まち}} 待(ま)ち • (machi)
  1. (mahjong) wait; the set of tiles that would advance or complete a hand
    Sense id: en-待ち-ja-noun-ByPHREz4 Categories (other): Mahjong Topics: board-games, games, mahjong

Suffix

IPA: [ma̠t͡ɕi] Forms: 待ち [canonical] (ruby: ()), -machi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|まち}} 待(ま)ち • (-machi)
  1. waiting for something Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-待ち-ja-suffix-3IptSz10 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 78 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 68 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 76 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 38 53 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 74 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 84 1

Verb

IPA: [ma̠t͡ɕi] Forms: 待ち [canonical] (ruby: ()), machi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-verb form|まち}} 待(ま)ち • (machi)
  1. stem or continuative form of 待つ (matsu) [godan] Tags: continuative, form-of, stem Form of: 待つ (extra: matsu)
    Sense id: en-待ち-ja-verb-o90WfGVu
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        [
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      ]
    },
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    }
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          "stem or continuative form",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
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          "待つ",
          "待つ#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
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  ],
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      "other": "まち"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠t͡ɕi]"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "wait",
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        ],
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          "advance",
          "advance"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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          "_dis": "27 68 5",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "20 76 4",
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      "glosses": [
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      "ipa": "[ma̠t͡ɕi]"
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      ],
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        [
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        [
          "wait",
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