I've just noticed that in the 逆転裁判/Ace Attorney series, the interjection
translated as "Hold it!" is 「待った！」I would understand if it was 「待って！」, but why
would the past tense be used as an interjection? "Waited!" doesn't seem to
make much sense.
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conjugations colloquial-language imperatives
待った！ as an interjection