Vocabulary

head-on fight; head-to-head contest; serious contest

obstruction of business; interference with business

tenpai with all potential winning tiles visible on table (impossible to win)

rīchi called after another player's rīchi

cooking practice; (school) cooking class

has reached its limit (with this); has reached its peak (here)

lazybones; lay-about; good-for-nothing; idler

(repeated) side stepping (stamina test); side-step test

agility; nimbleness

the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)

Merry Christmas

storage container; preservation container

person who has not won any major awards or titles despite being the best in a particular field; uncrowned king

to pay one's bill; to settle one's account

exaltation; emotional uplift

fully flat; entirely flat

superphylum

Instagram

liking; taste; preference

interests and preferences

indirect bragging (esp. on social media; by casually showing off something bragworthy as if it were unintended)

(data) packet

(mobile broadband) data cost

(mobile broadband) data cost

latte art

downcutting; downward erosion; vertical erosion

exonym; xenonym

flavonol

endonym; autonym

box wrench; ring spanner

to freeze

buying a product because of the look of the packaging

point particle; point-like particle

late raising; artificial slowing of growth of plants

buying a product because of the look of the packaging

polycythemia; polycythaemia; polyglobulia

enabler

desert climate; arid climate

slaughter (of livestock for meat); butchery

marine west coast climate