drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
how; in what way; by what means
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
I see; that's right; indeed
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of melds)
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
win worth 12000 points (or, if dealer, 18000 points)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to get hungry; to become hungry
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be silent; to say nothing
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
infancy; childhood; tender age
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
home; household; family; hearth
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument