List: mahjong
Terms used in mahjong, a game for four players that was created in China.
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) abbreviation finance card games mahjong archaic
- child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person
- (one's) child, offspring
- young woman
- young (animal)
- offshoot
- interest
- new share
- player who is not a dealer
- young geisha, young prostitute
- bird egg
- -er (often of young women)
山やまyamapopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) counter slang mahjong archaic noun (prefix)
- mountain, hill
- mine (e.g. coal mine)
- heap, pile
- crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part
- climax, peak, critical point
- guess, speculation, gamble
- criminal case, crime
- mountain climbing, mountaineering
- festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
- deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack
- wall, wall tile
- temple, temple grounds
- wild
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) card games mahjong noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- parent, parents, mother and father
- dealer, banker
- founder, inventor
- (pet) owner
- key, parent (organization), main
- ancestor, forefather
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) mahjong food, cooking
- white
- innocence, innocent person
- blank space
- white go stone
- white dragon tile
- skewered grilled pig intestine
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) mahjong card games hanafuda
- role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service
- position (of responsibility), post, office
- part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character
- scoring combination, hand, yaku, meld
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone mahjong
- hill, height, knoll, rising ground
- bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
popular noun noun (generic) baseball adverb mahjong
- one shot, one charge, one explosion
- one blow, one punch
- home run
- one try, one attempt
- win on the first go-around after calling rīchi
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb mahjong go (game) auxiliary verb
- to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery)
- to sever (connections, ties)
- to turn off (e.g. the light)
- to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect
- to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub)
- to open (something sealed)
- to start
- to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
- to reduce, to decrease, to discount
- to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain
- to cross, to traverse
- to criticize sharply
- to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
- to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
- to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut
- to shuffle (cards)
- to discard a tile
- to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expulse, to excommunicate
- to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
- to trump
- to cut (the connection between two groups)
- to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)
- to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
- to finish, to complete
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb mahjong mathematics
- to stick, to paste, to affix
- to stretch, to spread, to strain, to tighten, to put up (tent)
- to form (e.g. ice on a pond)
- to fill, to swell
- to stick out, to put, to slap
- to post (a link, etc. online)
- to be expensive
- to keep a watch on, to be on the lookout
- to become one tile away from completion
- to span, to generate
popular noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) mahjong
- waiting, waiting time
- wait tile, tile which would complete one's hand