待まち受うけ

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Meanings

waiting; expecting

General noun for the act of waiting or expecting something. Often used in compounds.

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 待ち受け画面. Refers to the idle screen or wallpaper on a mobile phone.

〈事こと〉が待まち受うけているsomething (esp. a challenge or danger) awaits
この先さきには大おおきな困こん難なんが待まち受うけている。
A great difficulty awaits further ahead.
待まち受うけにするto set (an image) as one's phone wallpaper
好すきなアイドルの写しゃ真しんを待まち受うけにした。
I set a photo of my favorite idol as my wallpaper.
待まち受うけを変かえるto change one's phone wallpaper
気き分ぶんを変かえたくて待まち受うけを変かえた。
I changed my wallpaper because I wanted a change of mood.

待たい機きN1sense 1
待ち受け is used broadly for waiting or expecting something, while 待機 is the more formal term for standing by or being on standby (e.g. for orders or duty).
待まち受うけ画が面めん sense 2
待ち受け is the common abbreviated form used in casual speech, while 待ち受け画面 is the fuller, more explicit term for a phone's standby screen.
壁かべ紙がみ sense 2
待ち受け refers specifically to a phone's idle/standby screen, whereas 壁紙 is the general word for a background image on any device, including computers.

待まち合あわせN3sense 1
待ち受け means waiting for or expecting something (or a phone's standby screen), while 待ち合わせ specifically means arranging to meet someone at a place and time.

Compound of 待ち (waiting) + 受け (receiving). The phone sense is a clipping of 待ち受け画面.