Vocabulary

outer pot of a rice cooker

nail salon

accounts receivable

embodiment; realization; materialization

dishwashing; doing dishes

stringer; slanted staircase beam

printing type made from wood

reprinting

calf sweetbread

heave-ho!

keel (bird bone); carina

churro

cyclist; cycling enthusiast; cycling traveler

electric airsoft gun

Big Mac index

entrance to a daimyo's mansion

hanging garden; hanging gardens

play facility; fairground attraction; playground facility; amusement facility

late summer heat; lingering summer heat

mental health clinic

sewing scissors; dressmaker's shears

pick-up artist; masher; skirt chaser

amnesia; loss of memory

synchronizer

rope ladder; jack ladder

natural heritage; natural heritage site

Edo-period Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji

Tran dynasty (of Vietnam; 1225-1400)

points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)

half flush; winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles

half flush; winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles

final hand of a game (i.e. south round, fourth hand)

nearest station

triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits

triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits

all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles

bang; whump; boom

double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for one of two types of tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand

pair; eyes

pair (as part of a winning hand, together with four melds); eyes