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to bring someone along

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nothing but; none other than

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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empty box

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concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait

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three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits

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

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big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles

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two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

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lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering; votive light

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simple; plain

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mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective

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in one's imagination

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one more time; once more; once again

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review (of learned material); revision

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east wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of east wind tiles

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south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles

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north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

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white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

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green dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles

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terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9

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to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

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bamboo tiles

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(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

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suited tiles

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hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

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Hanzoumonsen

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station name

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place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)

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Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce

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A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion

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Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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road approaching a shrine

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Inokashirasen

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very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

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reference; consultation

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important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

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both; both sides; both parties

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kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape

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peanut

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to classify; to sort out; to sift through

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to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

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Lotte (Japanese-Korean confection company)

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victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome

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sport; sports

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section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing

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skimming (a book, etc.)

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each; every; all

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individual; private person; personal; private

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