待ちぼうけを食う

まちぼうけをくう

to go on waiting only to be disappointed, to wait in vain

待ち惚け

まちぼうけ

waiting in vain

待ち受け

waiting; expectation

待ち

まち

waiting, waiting time

待ち惚ける

まちぼうける まちぼける

to wait in vain

待ち設ける

まちもうける

to expect, to look for, to look forward to, to anticipate, to wait for

待ち受ける

まちうける

to await, to expect

待ちに待つ

まちにまつ

to wait for a long time, to wait and wait, to eagerly await

ぼちぼち

ボチボチ

little-by-little, gradually, slowly, soon

待ち受け画面

まちうけがめん

standby screen, standby display

待ち受け画像

まちうけがぞう

stand by image (on mobile phones)

出待ち

でまち

waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit

待ち人

まちびと

person being waited for

代待ち

だいまち

waiting in place of someone else

潮待ち

しおまち

waiting for the rising tide or a good opportunity

辻待ち

つじまち

vehicle waiting to be hired

客待ち

きゃくまち

waiting for customers

風待ち

かざまち かぜまち

waiting for favorable wind, waiting for favourable wind

居待ち

いまち きょまち

sitting while waiting, (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon