Vocabulary

animation director

animation director

methylphosphonic acid; methylphosphonate

to break one's heart

instant noodles sold in soft plastic packaging

yellow soil; loess

that

ficin; ficain

imperial capital

Edo

absurd; nonsensical; ridiculous; idiotic; laughable; ludicrous

at the time of writing

file decompression software

counterfeit goods; knock-off; imitation

being dealt a bad hand

starting tiles; initial hand; dealt tiles

money on hand; ready money; spending money; pocket money

cards in one's hand; one's hand

tiles in one's hand

blessing of man; winning with a discard on the first turn

blessing of earth; winning with a self-drawn tile on the first turn as a non-dealer

all pungs; winning hand consisting of four pungs or kongs and one pair

little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon

three kongs; winning hand containing three kongs

all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)

little four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind

big four winds; winning hand containing four kongs or pungs of winds

giving two or three light tugs (or pushes)

antifreeze protein

age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of girls in their late teens); age where even chopsticks rolling is amusing

impossibility

pork loin; pork roast

beef roast; beef sirloin

roar; howl; yell; bellow

giving up; abandoning (hope, plans)

gabion; cage filled with stones

easily torn; tearable; tear easily; scissile; lacerable

curry in a pouch; retort-pouch curry

charcoal kiln

old-fashioned and tasteful