Vocabulary

Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume); crested murrelet

Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon); Bonin fruit bat

Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat

Kai Ken (Japanese dog breed)

greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)

Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus); Ryukyu fruit bat

little Japanese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus cornutus); Japanese lesser horseshoe bat

wicked ones; bad guys; rascals

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after

sense of speed; speed; promptness

keeping a close watch on both sides; keeping an eye on two things at the same time

ah!; oh!

unused item; new thing

you can do it if you try

psychological experiment

job hunting; job search

and yet; even so; however

to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course

to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course

blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus); flower crab; blue manna crab

red-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile); red-faced shag; violet shag

nipple hair; breast hair

energy save; energy saving; energy saver

extrusion; protrusion; bulge; projecting part; overhang

non-glare; anti-reflective

one double

red dragon tile

red dragon tile

green dragon tile

flower tile

chow missing one tile

terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9

forming a chow by picking up a tile discarded by another player

wind tiles

wind tiles

all honors; winning hand consisting only of honor tiles

all terminals; winning hand consisting of only ones and nines as pungs or kongs plus a pair

scoring stick; counter; chip

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

discarded tiles; discards