indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared
Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
suffix for familiar person
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
to entrust; to leave to a person
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
society; public; community; social studies
reality; actuality; hard fact
philandering; itch for women
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
(social) position; status
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
derailment; digression; deviation
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared
win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)