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待たせる
mataseru
Description
「待たせる」は、だれかを待つ状態にすることです。じぶんのせいで人が待つとき、この言葉を使います。
"待たせる" means to cause someone to wait. You use this word when someone waits because of you.
Meanings
待たせるmataseru
to make someone wait, keep someone waiting
ごめん、待たせてしまったね。
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
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Notes
- Form
待たせる = 待つ (to wait) in causative form, "make/let someone wait."
- Nuance
often used with apologies, as in お待たせしました, "sorry to keep you waiting."
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