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待ちに待った (まちにまった) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, noun-modifying (irregular)
long-awaited ; eagerly awaited
Emphatic prenominal expression formed by reduplicating the verb 待つ (to wait). It conveys strong anticipation and is used before nouns, e.g., 待ちに待った日 (the long-awaited day).
See also: 待ちに待つ
彼かの 女じょ は 待ま ち に 待ま っ た 手て 紙がみ を 受う け 取と っ て 、 とても 喜よろこ ん だ 。
She was overjoyed to receive the eagerly awaited letter.
Similar words 待ま つ 待つ is the base verb meaning 'to wait'. 待ちに待った is an emphatic, prenominal form that intensifies the waiting, similar to 'long-awaited'.
待ま ち 遠どお しい 待ち遠しい is an i-adjective meaning 'hard to wait for' or 'eagerly awaited'. It describes the feeling of impatience, while 待ちに待った directly modifies a noun as 'the long-awaited ...'.
Etymology Reduplication of the verb 待つ (matsu, 'to wait') in the 連用形 (ren'yōkei) form 待ち, combined with the particle に and the past tense 待った, creating an emphatic expression meaning 'waited and waited' → 'long-awaited'.
