endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
myself; yourself; I; me; you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
way (of doing); manner; method; means
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
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)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
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
to have meaning; to be meaningful
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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.)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
(an individual's) way of playing mahjong; mahjong tactics
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...