待ち望む|まちのぞむmachinozomu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto wait eagerly for; to look forward toこれを待ち望んでいました。↗This is what I was waiting for.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 待ち望む（まちのぞむ） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 待ち望みます（まちのぞみます） |
| Negative (nai) | 待ち望まない（まちのぞまない） |
| polite (masen) | 待ち望みません（まちのぞみません） |
| classical zu / nu | 待ち望まず・待ち望まぬ（まちのぞまず・まちのぞまぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 待ち望んだ（まちのぞんだ） |
| polite (mashita) | 待ち望みました（まちのぞみました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 待ち望まなかった（まちのぞまなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 待ち望みませんでした（まちのぞみませんでした） |
| Te form | 待ち望んで（まちのぞんで） |
| Potential | 待ち望める（まちのぞめる） |
| Passive | 待ち望まれる（まちのぞまれる） |
| Causative | 待ち望ませる（まちのぞませる） |
| Causative passive | 待ち望ませられる・待ち望まされる（まちのぞませられる・まちのぞまされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 待ち望めば（まちのぞめば） |
| tara | 待ち望んだら（まちのぞんだら） |
| Volitional | 待ち望もう（まちのぞもう） |
| polite (mashou) | 待ち望みましょう（まちのぞみましょう） |
| Imperative | 待ち望め（まちのぞめ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym待ちかねるまちかねるNeutralTo reach the point where you can wait no longer after a long wait, as in 「待ちかねた」; the stress is on impatience, while 「待ち望む」 is earnest longing.
- Synonym待ち焦がれるまちこがれるNeutralTo long for something with far greater intensity than 「待ち望む」 — an aching eagerness, as in 「春を待ち焦がれる」.
- Synonym楽しみに待つたのしみにまつNeutralTo wait in happy anticipation of something pleasant. Common in everyday speech and lighter in tone than 「待ち望む」.
- Related待望たいぼうWrittenWritten/formal noun for eagerly awaiting something over a long time; mostly used to modify another noun, as in 「待望の新作」, a new work people have long awaited.
- Related期待きたいNeutralTo hope for a good outcome, as in 「期待に応える」. Centers on expectation of results, not on the act of waiting itself.
- Related見込むみこむNeutralTo estimate or judge that something is promising, as in 「将来性を見込む」. A matter of calculation and assessment, not eager waiting.
- Related望むのぞむNeutralTo wish for or desire something, as in 「平和を望む」. Expresses a wish or hope, without the sense of waiting for it to arrive.
- Related待ち受けるまちうけるNeutralTo await what lies ahead, as in 「困難が待ち受ける」. The emphasis is on something waiting down the road rather than on one's eager longing.
- Related当て込むあてこむCasualColloquial: to count on something, as in 「ボーナスを当て込む」. Carries a calculating nuance of acting in expectation of a gain.
- Related想望そうぼうWrittenWritten/formal word for yearning or longing; rare in modern Japanese.
「待ち望む」 is the default for eagerly awaiting something, as in 「平和を待ち望む」. 「待ち焦がれる」 is stronger longing, 「待ちかねる」 impatience, 「楽しみに待つ」 lighter and conversational. Written 「待望」 means long awaited (「待望の新作」); 「想望」 is rare. When waiting is not the point: 「期待」 for hoping for good results, 「望む」 for a wish, 「見込む」 for judging prospects, colloquial 「当て込む」 for counting on; 「待ち受ける」 for what lies ahead.
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