shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to feel; to sense; to experience
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
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)
dora tile revealed when a player declares a kong
one step away from fishing (i.e. needing two more tiles for completion)
all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive
shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built
left-hand opponent; player to one's left
as the sound of surging water; vigorous; surging; welling
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
trend; tendency; momentum
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
special; particular; peculiar; unique
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
red dora; red suited tile that doubles the score of any hand (usu. a five of each suit)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
turning a concealed pung into an open kong by calling another player's discard
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
pung (or kong) of south tiles when south is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)