to burst open; to pop; to split
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
tenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)
both sides; two sides; double-sided
river; stream; River; the ... river
safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person
yaku-less tenpai; hand that is one tile from completion but cannot satisfy a standard win condition
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
outside telephone line; outer circle
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
the public; general public
thank you very much; I'm sorry; excuse me
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
telephone booth; telephone box
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
to be too late; to be too slow
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer