Stood Up
Waiting In Vain
noun
With 待ち you know you're waiting, but what's a ぼうけ? Turns out it's the long version of ボケ which means idiot. Basically, in this case you're a waiting idiot. Why? because you were stood up.
まちぼうけ
The reading for 待ち comes right from 待つ. You know the drill by now.
返事を待っていましたが、待ちぼうけを食らいました。
I waited in vain for a response.
おかげで、さびれたえきで、一時間も待ちぼうけをする羽目になったよ。
Thanks to that, I was stood up for about an hour at a desolate station.
彼が待ちぼうけを食らったと思わないように、明日の会議が中止になったことを伝えてあげてくれるかな？
Could you please tell him tomorrow’s conference has been cancelled so he won’t feel like he’s been stood up?