lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market); skilled batter; batter on a hot streak; accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money
one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
settlement (of a dispute); making amends; settling a score; money paid to settle a dispute
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
working away from home (esp. abroad); person working away from home; migrant worker
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
high (spirits); euphoric; intoxicated; high
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
comeback victory; comeback
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
winner-takes-all (system); taking everything (esp. winnings)
win worth 12000 points (or, if dealer, 18000 points)
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
rīchi; riichi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from victory (or success, etc.)
scoring stick; counter; chip
isn't this enough?; are you still not satisfied (with this amount)?
to draw a tile from the wall; to win on a self-drawn tile
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
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
maintenance company; management company; proprietary company
distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)