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待機

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 待機.

Dictionary

Entry

待機いきNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #3339
1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

Examples
その実験を記録しようと、大勢の科学者が待機した。
A group of scientists stood by, ready to record the experiment.
2

quarantine

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

wait, depend on

9 strokesFrequency 391JLPT N3Grade 3

On

タイ

Kun

ま.つ-ま.ち

Nanori

まちまつ

loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

16 strokesFrequency 127JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

はた

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