待
Let’s learn Japanese kanji 待!
今回の漢字は『待』ですよ！
待つ - まつ to wait
待合室 - まちあいしつ waiting room
待ち合わせ - まちあわせ an appointment
待ち合わせ場所 - まちあわせばしょ meeting place
期待 - きたい expectation, anticipation, hope
待遇 - たいぐう treatment/reception/service received
接待 - せったい entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating someone (to food and drinks); wining and dining
接待費 - せったいひ entertainment expenses; expenses incurred during settai
招待状 - しょうたいじょう an official invitation/a written invitation
招待講演者 - しょうたいこうえんしゃ guest speaker; someone invited to speak at the event
待機する - たいきする to be on standby; to wait for an opportunity; to be ready on the waiting list (just in case an entry opens up)
待ち遠しい - まちどおしい a long-awaited; anxiously awaited
待ち惚け - なちぼうけ to wait in vain
虐待 - ぎゃくたい an abuse/ill treatment
虐待者 - ぎゃくたいしゃ an abuser
P.S. Don’t mistake this character for a very similar kanji meaning samurai! 😊