Hanamaruhanamaru

ちょっと

a little / excuse me

chotto

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#269

In a sentence

ちょっとa momentまって待ってwait

Wait a moment, okay?

How it works

ちょっと (a moment) softens the whole request, like adding “just” — “just wait a sec”. The verb 待ってまって (wait) is the (te-form) form of 待つまつ (wait); on its own like this it works as a light, casual request rather than a full command. The final (right?) softens it further, asking for the listener’s easy agreement instead of barking an order.