居い待まち

noun

sitting while waiting; eighteen-day-old moon

The first meaning is literal: sitting and waiting. The second is a traditional lunar calendar term for the moon on the 18th day of the lunar month, named because one sits waiting for the moon to rise later in the evening.

• 居い待まちの月つきは、夜よる遅おそくに昇のぼる。

  The eighteen-day-old moon rises late at night.

• 昔むかしの人ひとは、月つきの出でを居い待まちで待まった。

  People in the old days sat waiting for the moonrise.