forming a chow by picking up a tile discarded by another player
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
refinement; elegance; grace
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
manuscript; version; draft
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
beforehand; in advance; previously
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
sphere; circle; range; category
A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
waste; uselessness; redundance
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...