[つぼね, tsubone] (n) (1) court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); (2) (See 曹司・1) separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); (3) room for a very low class prostitute; (4) (See 局女郎) very low class prostitute #177
[ひかえ, hikae] (n) (1) reserve; spare; backup; (2) note; memorandum; (3) duplicate; copy; stub (of a ticket, etc.); (4) waiting one's turn; (P) #4106
[まち, machi] (n, n-suf) waiting; waiting time; (P) #7098
[おまち, omachi] (n, n-suf) waiting; waiting time #8233
[ろうにん, rounin] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve; (2) out of work; (3) waiting for another chance to enter a university; (P) #10649
[ひかえる, hikaeru] (v1) (1) to be temperate in; to restrain oneself from excessive ...; (2) to make notes; (3) to hold back; (4) to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for; (5) to be soon; to be in the offing; (6) to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.); (P) #17095
[まちあいしつ, machiaishitsu] (n) waiting room; (P) #17630
[おまたせしました, omataseshimashita] (exp) Thank you for waiting; Have I kept you waiting?
[おまちどおさま, omachidoosama] (exp) I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
[ronin (ik)] (n) (1) (misspelling of ろうにん) (See 浪人) ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve; (2) out of work; (3) waiting for another chance to enter a university
[ue-teingu] (n) (abbr) waiting game
[ue-teingusa-kuru] (n) waiting circle (baseball); on-deck batter's circle
[ue-teingushisutemu] (n) waiting system
[ue-teinguru-mu] (n) waiting room
[キーにゅうりょくまち, ki-nyuuryokumachi] (n) { comp } waiting for key-in
[kyacchihon] (n) call waiting (wasei
[キャンセルまち, kyanseru machi] (n) waiting list (waiting for a cancellation)
[キャンまち, kyan machi] (n) (abbr) (sl) (See キャンセル待ち) waiting list (waiting for someone to cancel)
[ko-ruueiteingu] (n) { comp } call waiting
[sutanbai] (n, adj-no, vs) standby; preparation; arrangement; ready; waiting
[いちににおよばず, ichininioyobazu] (exp) right away; without waiting around
[いちじつさんしゅう;いちにちさんしゅう, ichijitsusanshuu ; ichinichisanshuu] (n) (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
[いちじつせんしゅう;いちにちせんしゅう, ichijitsusenshuu ; ichinichisenshuu] (n) (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
[あまやみ, amayami] (n) (1) break in the rain; (2) waiting for a break in the rain
[おくじょちゅう, okujochuu] (n) (arch) (See 御殿女中) woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period)
[おくじょうろう, okujourou] (n) (arch) (See 御殿女中, 奥女中) woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion
[おとなしのかまえ, otonashinokamae] (n) lying low; saying nothing and waiting for an opportunity
[わりこみつうわ, warikomitsuuwa] (vs) call-waiting (phone option)
[きゃくまち, kyakumachi] (n, vs) waiting for customers
[きゅうじ, kyuuji] (n, vs) (1) waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); (n) (2) waiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy; (3) office boy; office girl
[いまち, imachi] (n) sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon
[ともまち, tomomachi] (n, vs) attendant's waiting room
[つきまち, tsukimachi] (n) moon-waiting party
[けんとうちゅう, kentouchuu] (n) under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
[あとだし, atodashi] (n) waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock-paper-scissors)
[おつぼね, otsubone] (n) (arch) dignified lady-in-waiting who had her own private chamber or office at court or in the shogun's castle
[ごてんじょちゅう, gotenjochuu] (n) waiting woman in a shogun or daimyo's palace
[ひかえのりきし, hikaenorikishi] (n) sumo wrestler waiting at the ringside
[ひかえしつ, hikaeshitsu] (n) waiting room; (P)
[ひかえぶとん, hikaebuton] (n) waiting wrestler's sitting cushion (sumo)
[ひかえりきし, hikaerikishi] (n) sumo wrestler waiting his turn by the ring
[ひかえじょ, hikaejo] (n) (obsc) waiting area
[ぎょうじだまり, gyoujidamari] (n) sumo referee's waiting place
[いまかいまか, imakaimaka] (adv-to) eagerly waiting
[しこう, shikou] (n, vs) waiting upon (someone)
[ことあれかし, kotoarekashi] (exp) any time now (waiting, hoping for something to happen)
[じひ, jihi] (n) lady-in-waiting
[てぐすねひく, tegusunehiku] (exp, v5k) (from 手に薬煉を引く) (See 薬煉) to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for
[じゅくししゅぎ, jukushishugi] (n) laying low, awaiting one's chance
[でまち, demachi] (n) (sl) (See 入り待ち) waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit