half-game consisting of an east and south round
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
in parentheses; bracketed
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
best regards; please take care of; please do
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
boasting; bragging; talking big
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer
blessing of heaven; hand in which the dealer goes out on their initial deal
all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
being in tenpai but not calling riichi
to be faintly visible; to be barely visible
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
win worth 12000 points (or, if dealer, 18000 points)
generously; liberally; magnanimously
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
forming a four-of-a-kind; declaring a kong
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
final hand of a game (i.e. south round, fourth hand)