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.)
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
in that way; thus; so; so?
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
adds force or indicates command
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
book; volume; this; present; main; head
continuation; succession; series
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
one game (of go, shogi, etc.); one board (go, shogi, etc.); one office (of a broadcasting station, post office, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
now; the present time; just now; another; more
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station