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one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9)

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wait for the middle tile of a chow

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Tomoki

1

seven pairs; winning hand composed of seven pairs

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Bundou

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quarter-length game consisting of east round only

2

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

3

Ueno

5

all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles

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Kana

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having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of melds)

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pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit)

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Touka

6

Miyanaga

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Athy

1

discarded tiles

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Tsuruga

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win worth 16000 points (or, if dealer, 24000 points)

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small attached annex; lean-to

1

tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)

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Takei

6

Kaori

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win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)

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Haramura

5

distinguished person; thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them

2

Yuuki

6

(an individual's) way of playing mahjong; mahjong tactics

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final hand of a game (i.e. south round, fourth hand)

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sudden death; sudden-death (playoff); golden goal playoff

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Fujita

1

dull; slow; stupid

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one-sided game

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rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

1

deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)

3

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

20

presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)

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yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)

2

bonus stage

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in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

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taco

5

ring; playing field; stadium

1

east wind; spring wind

2

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

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south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer

1

first month of the lunar calendar; January

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(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

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during the war

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10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

4

to look attractive; to look nice

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reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)

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