joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
waste of time; killing time
indeed; really; truly; very much
a few years ago; some years back
even assuming that ...; even granted that ...
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts
extinguishment; destruction; effacement
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams
chomping; gulping; with a big bite
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
two days before; day before yesterday
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
utter failure; gross mistake; wrong guess
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
that field; the authorities (esp. the police)