Vocabulary

hybridization; crossing

poetic form; verse form

focusing ring

crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard; pern

cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus); monk vulture; Eurasian black vulture; European black vulture

hen harrier (Circus cyaneus); northern harrier

pied harrier (Circus melanoleucos)

Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis); gray frog hawk; grey frog hawk

upland buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)

rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus); rough-legged hawk

eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)

greater spotted eagle (Aquila clanga)

secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius); secretary bird

lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)

Amur falcon (Falco amurensis); eastern red-footed falcon

two pair (in poker)

race with a clear favourite (i.e. a safe bet; in horse racing, etc.)

interest in baseball

edible dormouse (Glis glis); fat dormouse

common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius); hazel dormouse

mahjong player; mahjong enthusiast

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

kong; four-of-a-kind

forming a four-of-a-kind; declaring a kong

turning a concealed pung into an open kong by calling another player's discard

declaring a concealed kong; forming a concealed four-of-a-kind

forming a kong by adding a tile drawn from the wall to a declared pung

forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to an open three-of-a-kind

calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand)

seat wind

tiles matching one's seat wind

tile matching the round wind

tiles matching the round wind

tiles matching the round wind

value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles

kind; sort; type

tiles matching both the round wind and one's seat wind

pung (or kong) of east tiles when east is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

pung (or kong) of south tiles when south is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

pung (or kong) of west tiles when west is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)