one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
tension; mental strain; nervousness
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
name; given name; first name
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
winning from another's discarded tile
difficult to ...; hard to ...
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
head start; initiative; preemption
tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
tile that has not been discarded once yet
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
feeling; sense; impression
meaning; significance; sense
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
discarding the just-drawn tile
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
rīchi called after another player's rīchi