breaking off; snapping off
progress; advance; improvement; development
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
dark elf (fictional race)
Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
assertion; declaration; affirmation
first of all; first thing
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to squeeze out; to wring out
all night; throughout the night
way of solving (a problem); solution
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to telephone; to make a phone call
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
all terminals; winning hand consisting of only ones and nines as pungs or kongs plus a pair
invitation; introduction; temptation
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to draw a tile from the wall; to win on a self-drawn tile
to have a meal together; to sit at table