expression:

• Thank you for waiting; Have I kept you waiting?

noun:

• waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• palace room for government officials or ladies in waiting
• room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees; person living in such a room
• boarding house for trainee administrators (Ritsuryo period) ➜ 大学寮

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

adjective:

• waiting impatiently for

expression:

• any time now (waiting, hoping for something to happen)

noun:

• young adult still living at home; dependent ➜ 部屋住み
• female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period) ➜ 部屋方
• freeloader living in a samurai's house
• young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)

noun:

• large room
• green room; waiting room for performers when off stage

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• junior actor; actor of small parts

noun:

• large hospital room (for several patients); hospital ward

noun:

• pile; pool; collection ➜ 溜まる
• gathering spot ➜ たまり場
• waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring - Sumo term
• liquid runoff from miso preparation
• tamari; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 溜まり醤油