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sorting one's tiles

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transfer; switching over; money transfer (usu. between accounts held by the same person); postal transfer

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discarding a tile

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discarding the just-drawn tile

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waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds completed

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seven pairs; winning hand composed of seven pairs

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tile that has not been discarded once yet

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first dealer

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character tiles

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east round

7

one step away from fishing (i.e. needing two more tiles for completion)

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win worth 24000 points (or, if dealer, 36000 points)

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

2

winning hand formed by drawing a replacement tile after declaring a kong

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Touka

2

Miyanaga

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four concealed triplets (yakuman); four concealed three-of-a-kinds

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methamphetamine

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discarded tiles

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Tsuruga

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high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score

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concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait

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

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south round

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half-game consisting of an east and south round

6

step by step; by degrees

2

to be downhearted; to look miserable

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Kyoutarou

3

Mihoko

2

Yuuki

10

green dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles

2

to be superstitious

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safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person

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scoreboard

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Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus

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

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

6

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

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

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each school

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first half of the game or match

5

taco

15

one-two punch

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to fail; to screw up; to stuff up

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tall, lanky person; bean pole; tall and thin; tall and lanky

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debut

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first month of the lunar calendar; January

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tile

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Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture

2

firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)

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