期待【きたい】
expectation, anticipation, hope, promising, rising, up-and-coming
招待【しょうたい】
invitation
待遇【たいぐう】
treatment, reception, service, working conditions, salary, pay, remuneration
接待【せったい】
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world), treating (to food and drinks), wining and dining
虐待【ぎゃくたい】
abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment, cruelty
待機【たいき】
standing by, awaiting an opportunity, being on alert, quarantine
待望【たいぼう】
waiting expectantly, waiting eagerly, looking forward to, long-awaited
待つ【まつ】
to wait, to await, to look forward to, to anticipate, to depend on, to need
待ち受ける【まちうける】
to await, to wait for, to expect
待ち構える【まちかまえる】
to lie in wait (for), to be on the watch (for), to wait (for), to watch (for)
待ち望む【まちのぞむ】
to wait eagerly for, to look forward to
待ち合わせ【まちあわせ】
appointment
待ち遠しい【まちどおしい】
longed-for, anxiously awaited
待ち合わせる【まちあわせる】
to rendezvous, to meet at a prearranged place and time, to arrange to meet
待ち伏せ【まちぶせ】
ambush, lying in wait for an ambush
待ちぼうけ【まちぼうけ】
waiting in vain
歓待【かんたい】
warm welcome, friendly reception, hospitality, entertainment