Illustration: In an apartment genkan, one friend stands fully dressed with shoes on, holding both their own bag and the other person's coat. The front door is already open. Inside, the other friend crouches beside a shoe cupboard, laboriously rethreading a shoelace while several rejected shoes lie nearby.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

待またせる

mataseru

to keep someone waiting

Example sentences

  1. 待またせて、ごめんね。

    I’m sorry that I made you wait.

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  2. 長ながく待またせないでよ。

    Don’t make me wait long.

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  3. 彼かれは私わたしを待またせていた。

    He kept me waiting.

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Kanji in 待

  • 待wait; depend onOnタイKunまつ

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