"待ち受ける" meaning in Japanese

See 待ち受ける in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Head templates: {{ja-verb|まちうける|tr=trans|type=2}} 待(ま)ち受(う)ける • (machiukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 待(ま)ち受(う)け (machiuke), past 待(ま)ち受(う)けた (machiuketa)) Forms: 待ち受ける [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), machiukeru [romanization], 待ち受け [stem] (ruby: (), ()), 待ち受けた [past] (ruby: (), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 待ち受け [error-unrecognized-form], まちうけ [error-unrecognized-form], machiuke [error-unrecognized-form], 待ち受ける [error-unrecognized-form], まちうける [error-unrecognized-form], machiukeru [error-unrecognized-form], 待ち受けれ [error-unrecognized-form], まちうけれ [error-unrecognized-form], machiukere [error-unrecognized-form], 待ち受けよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 待ち受けろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], まちうけよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], まちうけろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], machiukeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], machiukero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 待ち受けられる [passive], まちうけられる [passive], machiukerareru [passive], 待ち受けさせる [causative], 待ち受けさす [causative], まちうけさせる [causative], まちうけさす [causative], machiukesaseru [causative], machiukesasu [causative], 待ち受けられる [potential], 待ち受けれる [colloquial, potential], まちうけられる [potential], まちうけれる [colloquial, potential], machiukerareru [potential], machiukereru [colloquial, potential], 待ち受けよう [volitional], まちうけよう [volitional], machiukeyō [volitional], 待ち受けない [negative], 待ち受けぬ [negative], 待ち受けん [negative], まちうけない [negative], まちうけぬ [negative], まちうけん [negative], machiukenai [negative], machiukenu [negative], machiuken [negative], 待ち受けず [continuative, negative], まちうけず [continuative, negative], machiukezu [continuative, negative], 待ち受けます [formal], まちうけます [formal], machiukemasu [formal], 待ち受けた [perfective], まちうけた [perfective], machiuketa [perfective], 待ち受けて [conjunctive], まちうけて [conjunctive], machiukete [conjunctive], 待ち受ければ [conditional, hypothetical], まちうければ [conditional, hypothetical], machiukereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. await, look forward to
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "待ち受ける",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "受",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受け",
      "roman": "machiuke",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "受",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けた",
      "roman": "machiuketa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "受",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiuke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受ける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiuken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiuketa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受ければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "まちうける",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "待(ま)ち受(う)ける • (machiukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 待(ま)ち受(う)け (machiuke), past 待(ま)ち受(う)けた (machiuketa))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "await, look forward to"
      ],
      "id": "en-待ち受ける-ja-verb-tvQ7QySB",
      "links": [
        [
          "await",
          "await"
        ],
        [
          "look forward to",
          "look forward to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "待ち受ける"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "待ち受ける",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "受",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受け",
      "roman": "machiuke",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "受",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けた",
      "roman": "machiuketa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "受",
          "う"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-ichi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiuke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受ける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukesaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukesasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukeyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukenai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukenu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiuken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukemasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiuketa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受けて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうけて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "待ち受ければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "まちうければ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "machiukereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "まちうける",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "待(ま)ち受(う)ける • (machiukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 待(ま)ち受(う)け (machiuke), past 待(ま)ち受(う)けた (machiuketa))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese ichidan verbs",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese shimo ichidan verbs",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese transitive verbs",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "await, look forward to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "await",
          "await"
        ],
        [
          "look forward to",
          "look forward to"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "待ち受ける"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 待ち受ける meaning in Japanese (6.2kB)

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