Vocabulary

three-card betting game (e.g. oicho-kabu)

local rule; house rule

second player (out of three); player that goes after the dealer

controlling company; parent company

thoran

staycation; holistay

historiography

single, long white (or translucent) body hair (said to bring good luck according to folklore)

static rook opening; strategy of leaving the rook in its initial position

second card from the bottom of the draw pile

having a card in one's hand that matches the bottom card of the draw pile

rice milk

Republic of Tajikistan

United Republic of Tanzania

Republic of Chad

Republic of Tunisia

Republic of Chile

Togolese Republic (Togo)

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Republic of Turkey; Republic of Türkiye

Kingdom of Tonga

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Republic of Nauru

Republic of Namibia

Niue

Republic of Nicaragua

Republic of Niger; Republic of the Niger

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Kingdom of Bahrain

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Islamic republic (Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mauritania)

Republic of Panama

Republic of Vanuatu

Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Republic of Palau

Republic of Paraguay

People's Republic of Bangladesh

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)

Republic of Fiji