letter of recommendation, letter of reference

recommendation

to recommend

to wait for a chance / to serve by one's side

(Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out

to cry in sympathy

to have someone do something for you

an elder / a scholar / a teacher or a professor / sensei (Japanese martial arts teacher) / sir, a polite form of address to teachers, doctors, etc.

a title used after the name of teachers, doctors, lawyers, or certain other professionals

(dialect, Hakata) teacher, professor