Illustration: In a Japanese apartment kitchen, a child sits at the dining table wearing a paper birthday crown, gripping a cake fork and staring delightedly toward the counter. Their feet swing impatiently beneath the chair.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

待まち遠どおしい

machidooshii

eagerly awaited

Example sentences

  1. パーティーが待まち遠どおしくて仕方しかたない。

    I just can’t wait for the party.

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  2. 彼かれは彼女かのじょの到着とうちゃくが待まち遠どおしい。

    He is impatient for her arrival.

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  3. 今年ことしのクリスマスはそれほど待まち遠どおしくない。

    I’m not looking forward to Christmas this year.

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Kanji in 待遠

  • 待wait; depend onOnタイKunまつ
  • 遠distant; farOnエン・オンKunとおい

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