Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.
待ちに待った (machinimatta) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Report an issue with this page
が
やっと
始はじ
まっ
た
。
The long-awaited summer vacation has finally begun.
She was overjoyed to receive the eagerly awaited letter.
Related 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'.
