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待

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 356 / 2,608

Wait

On’yomi
たい
Kun’yomi
ま
Radical
彳 Step (Kangxi 60)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 防 (Prevent), less common than 式 (Ritual).

You loiter (彳) near a temple (寺) — standing outside the temple gates, you wait patiently for them to open.

In words

待つ まつ to waitN5
招待 しょうたい・する to inviteN4
待望 たいぼう expectant waitingN1

待 is rank 356 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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