long-awaited; long-waited-for; waiting impatiently
standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
waiting for the (traffic) lights to change; waiting for a green signal
waiting (for); expecting; standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit
anticipation; expectation
waiting for a cancellation; being on standby; being on a waiting list
waiting for someone to arrive
sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon
person who won't act without being told to; person who waits to be told what to do
waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind
vehicle waiting to be hired
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to arrive
Waiting for Godot (1948 play by Samuel Beckett)
backordered; on back order
waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds completed
waiting for the rising tide or a good opportunity
kōshin-machi; staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle to prevent the three worms that were said to inhabit the human gut from reporting one's wrongdoings to the gods; a tradition that began among nobility in the Heian period and became widespread during the Edo period
long-awaited; eagerly awaited
stand-by (on an airplane)
waiting for the sun (traditional all-night event of worship and neighbourhood fellowship)
double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for one of two types of tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand
waiting for a call (e.g. on livestream); waiting for an assault from another party
waiting in place of someone else
waiting for a cancellation; being on standby; being on a waiting list
wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand
one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9)
wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand
many-sided wait (for one's last tile); complex wait; wait for three or more types of tiles which will finish one's hand