youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of melds)
three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal
Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds completed
running quickly; fleeing; doing as one likes
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
winning from another's discarded tile
to draw a tile from the wall; to win on a self-drawn tile
to let someone hold; to make someone grasp; to bribe; to slip money to; to pass off; to foist on
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
penalty payment; points forfeited due to a rule violation
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night
Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
mahjong player; mahjong enthusiast
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
shooter; vaccinator; inoculator; drummer (taiko, etc.)
very; extremely; like the devil; as a demon
sage; wise man; philosopher; sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
playing a gambling game on behalf of a person or organization (esp. mahjong or pachinko); person who gambles on someone's behalf
study group; study session; study meeting
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
construction area; section of a construction project