currying of political favor; buying political influence
monthly contract; paying by the month
good things come to those who wait; (lit.) if you wait, there will come a fine day of nectar (falling from the sky)
Obuchi Yuuko (1973.12.11-)
choroid plexus; chorioid plexus
greater curvature (of the stomach); curvatura ventriculi major
declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared
first snow to settle on a mountain
all terminals; winning hand consisting of only ones and nines as pungs or kongs plus a pair
lung cancer; pulmonary adenocarcinoma
pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit)
mannitol (artificial sweetener)
pyramidal tract; corticospinal tract
adduction; rolling internally; intorsion
Labor; Laver; Leber; Raeber
moisturizer; moisturizing lotion
epidural anaesthesia; epidural anesthesia
lying down (of body); reclining position; decubitus