popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
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.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
head start; initiative; preemption
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles
concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait
hidden dora tile available when a player wins by riichi
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
win worth 12000 points (or, if dealer, 18000 points)
discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
scoring stick; counter; chip
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition); three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to face; to go towards; to head towards
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to be needed; to be wanted
running quickly; fleeing; doing as one likes