jpdb beta

near; nearby; not far off

1

joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession

1

celebration; auspicious occasion

1

counselor; counsellor

1

followers; hangers-on

1

totally automatic

2

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

8

to peel off; to come off; to flake off

1

three-player mahjong; sanma

1

three-player mahjong; sanma

1

half-game consisting of an east and south round

1

pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop

2

tile

14

reach (in boxing, tennis, etc.); reach (in advertising)

1

tempo

1

plan; arrangements

1

to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects

1

medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)

1

it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

1

turning sideways; landscape orientation

1

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

1

printing (text or symbols); typing; printed character; typed character; character carved onto a seal

1

scoring stick; counter; chip

1

hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment

1

Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan

1

utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)

1

tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)

1

win worth 16000 points (or, if dealer, 24000 points)

1

tiles in a player's hand

1

scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs

1

sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant

1

total; totalling; adding up; comprehensive; all-inclusive; all-encompassing

1

to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure

1

floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

3

rather; better

1

obvious; transparent

1

unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

1

to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to

1

commercial building

1

to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other

1

early; quickly; promptly

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trial and error

2

none other than; ... himself; ... herself

1

chief; head; leader

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both parties; both sides

2

explanation; vindication

3

sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged

1

pure white

1

proclamation; statement

1