have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
defeating in an instant; instant kill
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
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
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
running quickly; fleeing; doing as one likes
win worth 16000 points (or, if dealer, 24000 points)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
really; truly; indeed; good grief
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
100,000; hundred thousand
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to sniff out; to get wind of
to talk; to chat; to chatter
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass