Japanese symbol for “impatiently”
一日千秋
いちじつせんしゅう
Romaji: ichijitsusenshuu
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
In Japanese, impatiently is 一日千秋, read いちじつせんしゅう (ichijitsusenshuu).
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Meanings
- n (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
Written forms: 一日千秋. Readings: いちじつせんしゅう、いちにちせんしゅう.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “impatiently”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| やきもき | やきもき yakimoki | anxiously; impatiently; worriedly |
| 今や遅しと | いまやおそしと imayaososhito | impatiently; eagerly |
| 一日三秋 | いちじつさんしゅう ichijitsusanshuu | (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity |
| 今か今か | いまかいまか imakaimaka | eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently |
| 弥猛に | やたけに yatakeni | impetuously; courageously; ardently |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一緒 | いっしょ issho | (doing) together |
| 一番 | いちばん ichiban | number one; first; first place |
| 一つ | ひとつ hitotsu | one |
| 一般 | いっぱん ippan | general; universal |
| 一部 | いちぶ ichibu | one part; one portion; one section |
| 一方 | いっぽう ippou | one (esp. of two); the other; one way |
| 今日 | きょう kyou | today; this day |
| 日本 | にほん nihon | Japan |
| 千里 | せんり senri | 1000 ri; (a) long distance |
| 千秋楽 | せんしゅうらく senshuuraku | final day of a performance; closing date; final show |
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