also: ウエイティング · ウェーティング · ウエーティング
waiting tactic (baseball)
Baseball term for a batter's strategy of not swinging at pitches, often to tire the pitcher or force a walk.
from English waiting
He took a waiting stance and didn't swing at borderline pitches.
waiting; holding back; refraining
General noun meaning the act of waiting or refraining from action. Less common than the baseball sense in Japanese.
In negotiations, sometimes waiting is also necessary.
on-deck circle
Most common katakana spelling for this loanword.
Variant with small エ instead of ェ.
Variant combining small エ and long vowel mark.
Variant with long vowel mark.
Loanword from English 'waiting'.