待ち構える (まちかまえる) — to lie in wait (for), to be on the watch (for), to wait (for) | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to lie in wait (for) to be on the watch (for) to wait (for)

Practice Writing

Character: 1/5

Stroke: 1/0

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Component Analysis

待ち構える

to lie in wait (for), to be on the watch (for), to wait (for)...

まちかまえる

待

wait, depend on

ま.つ, -ま.ち, タイ

彳

stop, linger, loiter...

たたず.む, テキ

亻

( 人 ) radical number 9

寺

Buddhist temple

土

soil, earth, ground...

つち, ド, ト

寸

measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little...

構

posture, stance, appearance...

かま.える, かま.う, コウ

木

き, こ-, ボク

冓

put together, inner palace

かま.える, コウ

𠀎

井

well, well crib, town...

い, セイ, ショウ

二

two, two radical (no. 7)

ふた, ふた.つ, ニ

廾

twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)

にじゅう, キョウ, ク

二

two, two radical (no. 7)

ふた, ふた.つ, ニ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

冉

あや.うい, ゼン, ネン

冂

upside-down box radical (no. 13)

キョウ, ケイ

土

soil, earth, ground...

つち, ド, ト

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