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container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

3

surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia

1

rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor

2

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

6

two rooms and a combination dining-kitchen

2

to unfold; to unroll; to open

2

painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

2

square

1

to have a meal together; to sit at table

2

aloha shirt

5

eyebrow

4

hair (on the head)

2

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

1

to shave off

3

huge body; large build

29

octopus

150

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

149

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

3

shed; barn; outhouse

6

felt; woollen cloth

4

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

4

table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner

21

mahjong tile

8

loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending

10

ten percent

3

compound interest

1

discarded tiles

6

tiles in a player's hand

8

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

10

lapel pin; pin badge

3

to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer

1

(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

1

to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

2

mahjong; mah-jongg

55

rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)

1

drawing a tile from the wall; win with a self-drawn tile; winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (meld); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles

7

place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

3

financing; loan

6

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

5

to miss a visitor

1

to make coffee; to brew coffee

1

10,000 yen bill

1

change; money exchange

1

dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

3

scoring stick; counter; chip

7

marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles

12

liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

3

breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure

1

mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge

1