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Meaning of 待ち兼ねる(まちかねる) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 待ち兼ねる

Kana Reading まちかねる

Romaji machikaneru

Parts of speech

Ichidan verb, transitive verb

Meaning

to wait impatiently for

Example sentence

彼女は休みを待ちかねている。 She is impatient for her holidays.

Examples of 待ち兼ねる, まちかねる in a sentence

彼女は休みを待ちかねている。

She is impatient for her holidays.
彼女は夏休みを待ちかねている。

She can hardly wait for the summer vacation.
彼は待ちかねて家に帰ってしまった。

He could no longer wait and so went home.
私は彼女の到着を待ちかねていた。

I was impatient for her arrival.
我々はみな休暇が来るのを待ちかねている。

We are all impatient for our holiday.

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Kanji in this word

兼 JLPT 1

10 strokes

concurrently, and

On'Yomi: ケン

Kun'Yomi: か.ねる, -か.ねる

待 JLPT 4

9 strokes

wait, depend on

On'Yomi: タイ

Kun'Yomi: ま.つ, -ま.ち

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