General noun for the act of waiting or a waiting period. Also used as a suffix in compounds like 順番待ち (waiting one's turn).
Right now I'm waiting for my boss's reply.
After a long wait, my turn finally came.
There's always a line to wait at this restaurant.
wait tile; tile needed to win
Mahjong term: the tile that would complete a hand. Often used in phrases like 待ちが広い (having many possible wait tiles).
I declared riichi, and my wait tile was the three of characters.
This shape has many possible winning tiles, which is advantageous.
待ち (waiting) and 町 (town) are pronounced identically as まち but are completely unrelated words distinguished only by kanji and context.
appointment; meeting; rendezvous
longed-for; anxiously awaited; can't wait for
waiting time; latency; standby time; queueing time
waiting; expecting · standby screen; wallpaper (phone)
ambush; lying in wait
looking forward to; eagerly awaiting; anticipation
await; wait for; expect
long-awaited; long-waited-for · waiting impatiently; impatient waiting
Noun form of the verb 待つ (to wait), derived from the continuative stem (連用形).
lie in wait for; be on the watch for; wait eagerly for
waiting in vain; being stood up
wait eagerly for; look forward to
waiting for a favorable wind
arrange to meet; meet up; rendezvous
person being waited for; the awaited one · person who waits; waiter
wait impatiently for; look forward to eagerly
waiting for someone
waiting in place of someone else
attendant's waiting room
waiting for a call on livestream · waiting for an assault from another party
waiting for performers to exit; stage-door waiting
waiting for customers
sitting while waiting; eighteen-day-old moon
standby screen; wallpaper (on a mobile phone)
waiting knight; knight placed to block the king's escape