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待ち受け画面 (まちうけがめん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

待まち受うけ画が面めん

ま

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け

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め

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Meanings

1

noun

standby screen; wallpaper

Refers to the default screen displayed on a mobile phone when it is not in active use, often customizable with an image or wallpaper.

待まち受うけ画が面めんに家か族ぞくの写しゃ真しんを設せっ定ていした。
I set a family photo as my standby screen.

新あたら

しい

待ま

ち

受う

け

画が

面めん

を

ダウンロード

し

た

。

I downloaded a new wallpaper.

Written forms

待まち受うけ画が面めん
Standard kanji spelling for the standby screen of a mobile phone.
待まち受うけ画が面めん
Variant spelling using the simplified form 待受 instead of 待ち受け.

Kanji

待wait, depend on
受accept, undergo, answer (phone)
画brush-stroke, picture
面mask, face, features

Similar words

壁かべ紙がみ
壁紙 can refer to wallpaper in general (for rooms or digital backgrounds), while 待ち受け画面 specifically means the standby screen of a mobile phone.

Etymology

Compound of 待ち受け (machiuke, 'standby, waiting to receive') and 画面 (gamen, 'screen'). The term became common with the spread of mobile phones.