to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
large number (of); many; majority
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
action of making something; -ification
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
extensive; vast range; wide scope
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
plain; plateau; tableland
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
will not do; do not; does not
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip