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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

2

thereupon; shortly thereafter

4

black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family

1

to worship; to enshrine

1

(suddenly) quiet

1

cough; coughing; tussis

1

four essential elements of existence (birth, ageing, illness and death); four-phase; quadri-phase

1

counter for questions

1

Tazawa

1

running water; flowing water; stream

1

blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

1

Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

1

White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

1

to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess

1

low (level, value, price, etc.)

1

good; goodness; right; virtue

1

southwest

1

choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion

1

water quality

1

abstract or impracticable theory

1

to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn

2

middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)

1

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

1

Tama

3

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

Sawai

1

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

1

Musashinobara

1

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

3

Sengen

1

the whole mountain

2

to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)

1

longan (Euphoria longana)

1

tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place

1

overhanging cliff

1

zigzag pattern; zigzag formation; steps down from a pier; pathway covered by extended eaves to protect from snow; large saw used by lumberjacks

1

the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam

1

full moon; 15th day of the lunar month

1

kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.

1

Sengentōge

1

reply; answer

3

eloquence; fluency (of speech)

2

provoking; offensive

1

to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage

1

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

1

Musashino

2

Gozen'yama

2

west wind

1

bunch of flowers; bouquet

1

grave (pit)

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