(informal) Alternative form of 待って (matte, “continuative of 待つ (matsu)”)

(sumo) time out

(sumo) false start; failed or mistimed attempt to start a match / (sumo) time-out; short break in the match / (game of Go, shogi, chess) takeback; withdrawal of the previous move / pause; suspension

Sorry to have kept you waiting; thank you for waiting

to wait (for)

(vehicles) bus / (computing) bus

bath

bass (fish)

(music) bass (the lower spectrum of sound of a singing voice or musical instrument) / (music) Clipping of コントラバス: a contrabass, a double bass, a bass

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me