(host industry) Short for 元担当 (moto-tantō).

failure is a stepping stone to success

ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend

(mahjong) big three dragons: a 役満 (yakuman, “limit”) hand with triplets or quads of each of the 三元牌 (sangenpai, “dragon tiles”)

(mahjong) little three dragons: a 役 (yaku, “hand”) with triplets or quads of two of the 三元牌 (sangenpai, “dragon tiles”), plus a pair of the third; worth 2 翻 (han, “doubles”). Because 2 翻 is added from the 役牌 (yakuhai, “meld of seat/prevailing wind or dragon”) of the two dragons, the total is actually 4 翻.

(mahjong) Generic name of the three dragon tiles: 白 (haku, “white dragon”), 發/𤼵 (hatsu, “green dragon”), and 中 (chun, “red dragon”)

(monarchy) an East Asian practice of dating, using exactly one distinct era name for each monarch's reign, where such era name also eventually becomes the monarch's posthumous name