待った

Meaning

1. n
   false start of a bout
2. n
   backsies (called when taking back a move in a game)
3. int
   wait!; hold up!

Example sentences

• 毎日、放課後に私はその本屋で彼女を待った。

  Every day I waited for her at the bookstore after school.

• 僕の先輩たちは、純粋な好奇心を抱いて自分たちの疑問を自然に問いかけ、自然が答えるのを待った。

  My predecessors had asked their questions of nature with genuine curiosity and awaited her reply.

• 母親は一晩中起きて息子を待った。

  His mother sat up all night waiting for her son.