silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
most part; greater part; majority
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)
to change direction (of policy, etc.); (lit.) to turn the rudder (of a ship)
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
first of all; first thing
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
all terminals; winning hand consisting of only ones and nines as pungs or kongs plus a pair
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily
waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds completed
joints; points (of a speech)
lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician); Ms; Mrs; Miss
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
just as one was told; like she (he) said
stamina; energy; stamina-boosting (esp. of meat dishes containing raw egg yolks, garlic, Chinese chives, etc.)
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish
modesty; humility; being humble
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
established fact; fait accompli