待ち人

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
待	人
ま Grade: 3	ひと > びと Grade: 1
kun'yomi	kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
待人

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まちびと [màchíbító] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡ɕibʲito̞]

Noun

待(ま)ち人(びと) • (machibito)

(slightly literary) person one has been waiting for

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
待	人
ま Grade: 3	うど Grade: 1
kun'yomi	kun'yomi

Compare 旅(たび)人(びと) (tabibito), 旅(たび)人(うど) (tabiudo).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まちうど [màchíꜜùdò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡ɕiɯ̟do̞]

Noun

待(ま)ち人(うど) • (machiudo)

(rare) person one has been waiting for

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kenbou, Hidetoshi et al., editors (2021), 三省堂国語辞典 [Sanseidō kokugo jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN