Vocabulary

pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows

pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit)

pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit)

pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit)

pure double chow; winning hand containing two identical chows (i.e. same numbers and same suit)

the three players other than oneself

right-hand opponent; player to one's right

left-hand opponent; player to one's left

opposite player

first dealer

east player; dealer

south player

west player

north player

discarded tiles

(an individual's) way of playing mahjong; mahjong tactics

big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles

tanyao with open melds (not allowed in some rules); open tanyao

Oriental bay owl (Phodilus badius)

Tanzanian bay owl (Phodilus prigoginei); Congo bay owl

New Britain masked owl (Tyto aurantia); New Britain barn owl; golden masked owl; Bismarck owl; Bismarck masked owl

grass owl (Tyto capensis); African grass owl

Taliabu owl (Tyto nigrobrunnea); Taliabu masked owl; Sula Islands barn owl

masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae); Australian masked owl

Madagascar red owl (Tyto soumagnei); Madagascar grass owl; Sourmange's owl; red owl

sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa); greater sooty owl

eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris); Australian grass owl

recovering the remains of soldiers (e.g. Japanese soldiers who died abroad during WWII)

(crime of) inflicting bodily injury resulting in death

Brazilian guinea pig (Cavia aperea)

shiny guinea pig (Cavia fulgida)

montane guinea pig (Cavia tschudii)

Chacoan mara (Dolichotis salinicola)

common yellow-toothed cavy (Galea musteloides)

yellow-toothed cavy (Galea flavidens)

rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris); mocó; moco

southern mountain cavy (Microcavia australis)

Andean mountain cavy (Microcavia niata)

Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni)

paca (any of either species of paca, esp. lowland paca, Agouti paca)