Waiting Room
Meeting Place
noun, verbal noun
The place you wait to join other people is a waiting room or a meeting place.
The readings for this word are both kun'yomi readings, but it's like the hiragana that normally sticks out is stuffed in. 待ち → 待, 合い → 合 and is pronounced the same too. I know it's confusing, but once you get it down you'll never forget!
待合でスマホを見る
to look at one's smartphone at the meeting place
待合で待たされる
to be made to wait at the meeting place
待合で待つ
to wait at the meeting place
合図をしたら、待合でスクワットを始めてください。
Start squatting in the meeting place on my signal.
待合する場所がさむすぎて、ぼうこうえんになりました。
The waiting room was so cold that I got a bladder infection.
病院の待合でばったり久しぶりに友人に会って、昔話に花がさきました。
I ran into a friend from a long time ago in the waiting room of the hospital and we chatted about the old days.