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待ち受け画像 (まちうけがぞう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

待まち受うけ画が像ぞう

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う

け

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Meanings

1

noun

standby image; wallpaper (mobile phone)

Refers to the image displayed on a mobile phone's standby screen; commonly called 待ち受け or 壁紙 in everyday conversation.

新あたらしい待まち受うけ画が像ぞうをダウンロードした。
I downloaded a new standby image.
待まち受うけ画が像ぞうを家か族ぞくの写

しゃ

真しん

に

設せっ

定てい

し

た

。

I set the wallpaper to a photo of my family.

Written forms

待まち受うけ画が像ぞう
Standard kanji spelling for 'standby image' or 'wallpaper' on a mobile phone.
待まち受うけ画が像ぞう
Common abbreviated spelling without the okurigana ち.

Kanji

待wait, depend on
受accept, undergo, answer (phone)
画brush-stroke, picture
像statue, picture, image

Similar words

壁かべ紙がみ
壁紙 is a more general term for 'wallpaper' that can refer to both computer/phone backgrounds and physical wallpaper, while 待ち受け画像 specifically means a mobile phone standby image.

Etymology

Compound of 待ち受け (machiuke, 'standby, waiting to receive') and 画像 (gazō, 'image'). The term became common with the spread of mobile phones.