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待ち合わせ (machiawase) Japanese meaning: appointment | Kotomora
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は
駅えき
の
改かい
札さつ
前まえ
で
。
Tomorrow's meeting is in front of the station ticket gate.
I might be late for the meeting time.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 と 待ま ち 合あ わせをする to arrange to meet up with someone
I arranged to meet up with a friend.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 待ま ち 合あ わせをする to meet up at a place
We decided to meet up in front of the station.
待ま ち 合あ わせに 遅おく れる to be late for a meeting
The train was delayed, so I ended up being late for our meeting.
Related words 約束 is a general promise or arrangement of any kind, while 待ち合わせ specifically means agreeing to meet someone at a set time and place.
会合 is a formal gathering, often for business or official purposes, whereas 待ち合わせ is a casual, personal meeting between individuals.
待ち合わせ is the everyday word for arranging to meet someone, while 待合 is an old-fashioned or literary term for the same idea and can carry a romantic or secret nuance.
Don't confuse with 待ち合わせ means a prearranged, friendly meeting, while 待ち伏せ means lying in ambush to surprise or attack someone.
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.
待ち合わせ (meeting up with someone) is easily confused with 持ち合わせ (things/money on hand) because they sound and look similar but have completely unrelated meanings.
Written forms 待ま ち 合あ わせ Usage 92%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
待ま ちあわせ Usage 7%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form.
待合まちあわ せ Usage 1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard modern spelling.
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Etymology Compound of 待ち (machi, 'waiting', the continuative form of 待つ matsu 'to wait') and 合わせ (awase, 'joining', the continuative form of 合わせる awaseru 'to join together'). Literally 'waiting and meeting'.
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Variant spelling with せ instead of わせ; less common but still used.
