ウォッチ

also: ウオッチ · ワッチ

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ウォッチする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

wristwatch; timepiece

Refers to a watch worn on the wrist or carried as a timepiece. Common in everyday speech.

Used for keeping an eye on trends, developments, or situations. Often appears in compounds like マーケットウォッチ (market watch). Can be used as a suru-verb.

Nautical term for a period of duty or the act of keeping watch on a vessel.

abbreviation

Only with reading わっち

Abbreviation of ワッチキャップ (watch cap). Rare; mainly seen in the form ワッチ.

ウォッチをはめるto put on/wear a wristwatch
彼かれは毎まい朝あさ、新あたらしいウォッチをはめて出でかける。
Every morning he puts on his new watch before going out.
〈事こと〉をウォッチするto watch/monitor something (e.g. trends, markets, developments)
投とう資し家かたちは株かぶ価かの動うごきをウォッチしている。
Investors are watching the movement of stock prices.
ウォッチに立たつto stand watch (take a duty shift) on a ship
彼かれは深しん夜やのウォッチに立たつことになった。
He was assigned to stand the midnight watch.

時計とけいN5sense 1
時計 is the general Japanese word for any clock or watch, while ウォッチ specifically refers to a wristwatch worn on the arm.
監かん視しN1sense 2
監視 implies systematic or official surveillance, whereas ウォッチ (in its 'watching/monitoring' sense) is a lighter, more casual way of keeping an eye on something like market trends.
見み張はり sense 3
見張り refers to standing lookout or keeping watch in a general sense, while ウォッチ in its nautical sense specifically denotes a scheduled duty shift aboard a ship.
腕うで時計どけいN1sense 1
腕時計 is the native Japanese term for a wristwatch and is more common in everyday speech than the loanword ウォッチ, which sounds more casual or fashionable.
観かん察さつN3sense 2
観察 suggests careful, analytical observation (as in science), while ウォッチ is used more loosely for tracking developments or trends.

個こN5
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years

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Loanword from English 'watch'.