待まち遠どおしい

also: まちどうしい

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待ち遠しい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	待まち遠どおしい	待まち遠どおしくない
Polite	待まち遠どおしいです	待まち遠どおしくないですalso 待まち遠どおしくありません
Past polite	待まち遠どおしかったです	待まち遠どおしくなかったですalso 待まち遠どおしくありませんでした
Past	待まち遠どおしかった	待まち遠どおしくなかった
Te-form	待まち遠どおしくて	待まち遠どおしくなくて
Adverbial	待まち遠どおしく
Conditional	待まち遠どおしければ	待まち遠どおしくなければ
Tara conditional	待まち遠どおしかったら	待まち遠どおしくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

longed-for; anxiously awaited; can't wait for

Expresses the feeling of eagerly looking forward to something in the future; often used when the wait feels long.

夏なつ休やすみが待まち遠どおしい。
I can't wait for summer vacation.
彼かの女じょに会あえる日ひが待まち遠どおしくて仕し方かたない。
I'm so impatient for the day I can see her.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が待まち遠どおしいto be eagerly awaiting something
夏なつ休やすみが待まち遠どおしい。
I can't wait for summer vacation.
〈時とき〉が待まち遠どおしいto be counting down to a certain time
彼かの女じょの誕たん生じょう日びが待まち遠どおしい。
I can't wait for her birthday.
〈事こと〉のが待まち遠どおしいto be unable to wait to do something
彼かれに会あえるのが待まち遠どおしい。
I can't wait to see him.

Kanji

待wait, depend on
遠distant, far

Related words· 6

楽たのしみN4
楽しみ emphasizes pleasant anticipation, while 待ち遠しい stresses the impatience of a wait that feels long.
心こころ待まち
心待ち is a slightly literary/formal way to say one is eagerly awaiting something, whereas 待ち遠しい is the everyday adjective for the same feeling.
待たい望ぼうN1
待望 is a noun often used as 待望の〜 to mean 'long-awaited', while 待ち遠しい is the adjective describing the person's feeling of waiting.
お待まちかね
待ち遠しい is a plain adjective for something eagerly anticipated, while お待ちかね is the polite, often service-industry version used to announce that the wait is over.

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首くびを長ながくするN1
待ち遠しい is an adjective describing something long-awaited, while 首を長くする is a verbal idiom for the act of eagerly waiting.
待まち兼かねるN1
待ち遠しい is an adjective describing the feeling of eagerly awaiting something, whereas 待ち兼ねる is a verb describing the act of being unable to wait any longer.

Don't confuse with

心こころ待まち
待ち遠しい is an い-adjective describing the impatient feeling of waiting, while 心待ち is a noun naming the warm act of anticipation itself.

Written forms

待ち遠しいUsage96%
- まちどおしい
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- まちどうしい
  irregular kana usage
待遠しいUsage2%
- まちどおしい
  Rare abbreviated kanji form; not recommended for learners.
- まちどうしい
  irregular kana usage
まちどおしいUsage1%
待まちどうしい
irregular kana usage
Variant spelling reflecting the irregular kana reading まちどうしい; less common but encountered.
まちどうしい
irregular kana usage

Etymology

Compound of 待ち (machi, continuative form of 待つ 'to wait') + 遠い (tōi, 'far, distant'), with rendaku voicing of とお to どお. Literally 'the waiting feels distant', expressing that the awaited time seems far away.