misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
actor; actress; player; performer
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
affiliated company; affiliated business
in good health; alive and well; going strong
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
Tenna era (1681.9.29-1684.2.21); Tenwa era
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
body heat from several people in close quarters; stuffy air
going to and fro; back and forth
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
making a killing; making easy money; robbery
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
one step away from fishing (i.e. needing two more tiles for completion)
tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer