Japanese symbol for “pending”
未定
みてい
Romaji: mitei
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
In Japanese, pending is 未定, read みてい (mitei).
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Meanings
- adj-na, adj-no, n not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “pending”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未決 | みけつ miketsu | pending; undecided |
| ペンディング | ペンディング pendingu | pending |
| 未解決 | みかいけつ mikaiketsu | unsolved; unresolved; unsettled |
| 係属中 | けいぞくちゅう keizokuchuu | pending (e.g. legal case) |
| 不決定 | ふけってい fukettei | pending; unsettled; undecided |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未来 | みらい mirai | (distant) future |
| 未遂 | みすい misui | failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.) |
| 未成年 | みせいねん miseinen | minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person |
| 未知 | みち michi | not yet known; unknown; strange |
| 未満 | みまん miman | less than; under; below |
| 予定 | よてい yotei | plans; arrangement; schedule |
| 決定 | けってい kettei | decision; determination |
| 設定 | せってい settei | establishment; creation; posing (a problem) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “pending”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.