jpdb beta

political

5

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

7

to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress

2

Oi; Woi

1

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

2

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

10

one's family and followers; one's whole clan

1

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

3

as if (something untrue was actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

2

billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports

6

structural

1

bowling alley

1

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

11

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

2

to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy

1

totally automatic

2

mahjong table

2

table tennis table; ping-pong table

1

pinball

3

Air hockey

2

indoor game; indoor pastime

1

massage chair

4

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

2

mahjong table

10

tile

11

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

6

which; well; now; c'mon

3

big four winds; winning hand containing four kongs or pungs of winds

1

all honors; winning hand consisting only of honor tiles

1

four concealed triplets (yakuman); four concealed three-of-a-kinds

1

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

2

triple

1

five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold

6

yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)

2

8000; eight thousand; many

3

circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

9

oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night

1

to have a meal together; to sit at table

3

table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner

3

to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on

4

help

1

cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation

4

angle of incidence

1

angle of reflection

1

strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

5

selecting a suitable person; personnel selection

2

Nine-ball

1

break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); becoming popular; becoming a hit

2

play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)

23

waffle

4