Kanji compounds#3,863 most used
待機
Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)
standing by
IN A SENTENCE
タクシーが外で待機しています。
The taxi is waiting outside.
from Tatoeba · small_snow
IN OTHER SENTENCES
その実験を記録しようと、大勢の科学者が待機した。
A group of scientists stood by, ready to record the experiment.
from Tatoeba
MEANINGS
1standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
noun · する verb · intransitive
TANGOYA ASKS
2quarantine
noun · する verb · intransitive
SOUNDS THE SAME
大気atmosphere; airたいき · not in tangoya
DETAILS
Kind熟語, kanji compounds
Frequency#3,863 most used
Written待機 only
Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write
Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium