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待ち遠しい (まちどおしい): looking forward to — Japanese vocabulary

待ち遠しい is read まちどおしい and means "looking forward to". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

待ち遠しい

Reading
まちどおしい · machidooshii
Translation
looking forward to
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
まちどおしいが

Example

学生たちは夏休みが来るのが待ち遠しい。

がくせいたちはなつやすみがくるのがまちどおしい。

Students are impatient for the summer holidays to come.

Kanji in this word

  • 待 — wait
  • 遠 — Distant, Far

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