Illustration: At an apartment entrance, one friend stands fully dressed with shoes on and a picnic basket resting against their leg. They glance at their wristwatch while the host, still in socks, kneels deeper inside the apartment searching through a drawer for a missing hat.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

待またす

matasu

to keep someone waiting

Example sentences

  1. 人ひとを待またすのが嫌いやなんです。

    I hate making people wait.

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  2. ２時間じかんも待またされた。

    I was kept waiting for as long as two hours.

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  3. 待またされるのは嫌きらいです。

    I hate being made to wait.

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Kanji in 待

  • 待wait; depend onOnタイKunまつ

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