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待ち構える[まちかまえる] (machikamaeru)

wait eagerly for

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Meaning

待ち構える (まちかまえる, machikamaeru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “wait eagerly for”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 6

記者きしゃたちは彼かれが現あらわれるのを待ち構まちかまえている

Journalists are waiting for him to show up.

私わたしは最後さいごのチャンスを待ち構まちかまえた。

I watched for the last chance.

彼かれはうつ伏ぶせになって侵入しんにゅう者しゃを待まちかまえた。

He lay prostrate, ready to ambush the invaders.

彼かれが部屋へやにはいると、警官けいかんが待まちかまえていた。

He entered the room, to be confronted by a policeman.

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