duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
way out; means to escape; escape route
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
and then; and so; and; so then
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of melds)
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
win worth 12000 points (or, if dealer, 18000 points)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
big leakage; uncontained leak
tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
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)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
had better ...; had better not ...
serious; not joking; straight
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
mahjong gambling; playing mahjong for money
scandal; deplorable event