lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
suffix for familiar person
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
now; the present time; just now; another; more
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser
understood; I see; OK; present; here
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage