cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
round that ends with nobody winning
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th century-334 BCE); Vietnam
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
beginning; outset; first; onset
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
starting tiles; initial hand; dealt tiles
immediately; right away; on the spot
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
decision; judgment; resolution
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
both sides; two sides; double-sided
pleasant feeling; good vibes
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
limited-express ticket (usu. needed in addition to a basic fare ticket); special-express ticket
only; merely; just; at most; no more than