dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
having an open hand and no end or honor tiles (meld; not allowed in some rules); having only suited tiles between 2 and 8 inclusive and having called tiles
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
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
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
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
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
point spread; point difference
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)