No. 901 in Japanese
待つ
"待つ" means "to wait."
In a sentence
私はバス停でバスを待っています。
I am waiting for the bus at the bus stop.
Here, 待つ is used to express the action of waiting for something or someone specific.
彼女が準備を終えるのを待ちましょう。
Let's wait for her to finish getting ready.
待つ conveys the act of allowing time to pass until a conditional event occurs.
待つことは大切なことだと考えています。
I believe that waiting is something important.
In this sentence, 待つ is utilized abstractly to refer to the concept of waiting as a noun.
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