emergency; extraordinary; unusual
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
proper; respectable; decent; honest
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
hidden dora tile available when a player wins by riichi
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
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
very good luck; excellent fortune
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
shuffling of tiles; cleaning mahjong tiles
every evening; night after night
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
draw; tie; quits; even; square
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)
win worth 16000 points (or, if dealer, 24000 points)
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)