nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit
administration (of medicine)
apartment wife (esp. one who spends a lot of time alone while her husband is at work)
uncle (older than one's parent)
black terracotta; black soil
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
uncle (younger than one's parent)
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break
low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; bad temper; foul mood; tense situation
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
corporate drone; corporate slave
deposit; payment; money received; money due
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
branch manager; manager of a branch office
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow