but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
three; three years of age
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
complete; whole; perfect; safe
drawing a tile from the wall; win with a self-drawn tile; winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (meld); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles
hidden dora tile available when a player wins by riichi
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
four concealed triplets (yakuman); four concealed three-of-a-kinds
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
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)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling