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待ち合わせる (machiawaseru) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation 待ち合わせる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 待ま ち 合あ わせる 待ま ち 合あ わせない Polite 待ま ち 合あ わせます 待ま ち 合あ わせません Past polite 待ま ち 合あ わせました 待ま ち 合あ わせませんでした Past 待ま ち 合あ わせた 待ま ち 合あ わせなかった Te-form 待ま ち 合あ わせて 待ま ち 合あ わせないで Desire 待ま ち 合あ わせたい 待ま ち 合あ わせたくない Potential 待ま ち 合あ わせられる also 待ま ち 合あ わせれる 待ま ち 合あ わせられない also 待ま ち 合あ わせれない Passive 待ま ち 合あ わせられる 待ま ち 合あ わせられない Causative 待ま ち 合あ わせさせる 待ま ち 合あ わせさせない Causative passive 待ま ち 合あ わせさせられる 待ま ち 合あ わせさせられない Volitional 待ま ち 合あ わせよう Polite volitional 待ま ち 合あ わせましょう Imperative 待ま ち 合あ わせろ 待ま ち 合あ わせるな Conditional 待ま ち 合あ わせれば 待ま ち 合あ わせなければ Tara conditional 待ま ち 合あ わせたら 待ま ち 合あ わせなかったら
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Let's meet up in front of the station.
I arranged to meet him and we went to see a movie together.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 と 待ま ち 合あ わせる to arrange to meet with someone
I'm meeting a friend in front of the station.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 待ま ち 合あ わせる to meet up at a place
We decided to meet up at the ticket gate.
〈 時とき 〉 に 待ま ち 合あ わせる to arrange to meet at a certain time
We're planning to meet up at 3 PM.
Transitive / intransitive 待ち合わせる can be used both transitively, focusing on arranging the meeting (例: 場所を待ち合わせる, to arrange the meeting place), and intransitively, describing the act of meeting itself (例: 友達と待ち合わせる, to meet up with a friend).
Related words 会う is the general verb for 'to meet,' while 待ち合わせる specifically means to meet at a prearranged time and place.
待つ simply means 'to wait,' whereas 待ち合わせる implies two people have agreed in advance to meet somewhere.
待ち合わせる specifically means to arrange a meeting time and place in advance, while 落ち合う can also describe a chance meeting at a spot.
Don't confuse with 待ち伏せる looks similar and starts with the same 待ち- but means 'to lie in ambush,' unlike the friendly meeting-up sense of 待ち合わせる.
待ち合わせる means to arrange to meet someone at a set time and place, while 待ち構える means to wait watchfully or eagerly, often in ambush.
Written forms 待ま ち 合あ わせる Usage 90%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency form in news and general use.
待ま ちあわせる Usage 5%
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Search-only mixed kana-kanji variant; not recommended for active use.
待ま ち 合あわ せる Usage 4%
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Etymology Compound of 待ち (continuative form of 待つ 'to wait') + 合わせる ('to join, put together').
