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
pansy (Viola tricolor var. hortensis); garden pansy
almost every day; almost daily
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
to speak disparagingly of; to speak very ill of; to run down; to trash; to slam; to lay into
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
word game; wordplay; playing with words
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
rule; government; administration
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to be dispersed; to get separated
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
to fall from heaven (the sky)
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
to be hot on a person's heels
by sheer strength; by brute force
to check; to stop; to keep back
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
(single) bean; pea; something very small; tiny speck
at the top of one's voice
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
back (of a chair); backrest
one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart