time; hour; period; class
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand); declaring a kong or calling a discarded tile to complete a meld
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
river; stream; River; the ... river
value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles; winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
pung (or kong) of east tiles when east is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
it is not (like that) either
winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
giving up; abandoning (hope, plans)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt