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待ち受け画面 (machiukegamen) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

待まち受うけ画が面めん

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Meanings

1

standby screen; wallpaper

Refers to the default screen displayed on a mobile phone when it is not in active use, often customizable with an image or wallpaper.

待まち受うけ画が面めんに家か族ぞくの写

しゃ

真しん

を

設せっ

定てい

し

た

。

I set a family photo as my standby screen.

新あたらしい待まち受うけ画が面めんをダウンロードした。

I downloaded a new wallpaper.

Kanji

待wait, depend on
受accept, undergo, answer (phone)
画brush-stroke, picture
面mask, face, features

Related words

待まち受うけ
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.

Built from

待まち受うける+画が面めん

Written forms

待まち受うけ画が面めん
Standard kanji spelling for the standby screen of a mobile phone.
待まち受うけ画が面めん
Variant spelling using the simplified form 待受 instead of 待ち受け.

Etymology

Compound of 待ち受け (machiuke, 'standby, waiting to receive') and 画面 (gamen, 'screen'). The term became common with the spread of mobile phones.