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お待ち遠様

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

お待ち遠様 — “sorry to keep you waiting (here you are)”

お待ち遠様 (read おまちどおさま) means sorry to keep you waiting (here you are). It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a expression.

Reading

おまちどおさま

Meaning

sorry to keep you waiting (here you are)

お待ち遠様 in a sentence

お待ち遠まちどお様さま、どうぞ。

Sorry to keep you waiting, here you go.

The kanji in お待ち遠様

待to wait
遠far
様manner, state; Mr./Mrs. (honorific)

Words that share a kanji with お待ち遠様

待つまつ— to wait
招待するしょうたいする— to invite
期待きたい— expectation, anticipation, hope
お待たせしましたおまたせしました— sorry to have kept you waiting
お待ちくださいおまちください— please wait
待合室まちあいしつ— waiting room
遠いとおい— far (away), distant
遠慮えんりょ— reserve, restraint, to refrain

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