changing one's image and becoming more social and extroverted upon entering high school
to be worried; to be troubled
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
such; like that; that sort of; very
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
consideration; taking into account
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
fast typing; fast beating; fast drumming
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
expected value; expectation value; expectation
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
considerably; fairly; quite
another family; another house
head start; initiative; preemption
selection; choice; option
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to make a mistake (e.g. in choosing one's melds)
round that ends with nobody winning
not fishing; needing more than one tile to win
(not so) much; (not) very
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
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
big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough