List: mahjong
Terms used in mahjong, a game for four players that was created in China.

popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) counter slang mahjong archaism 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 N5 noun noun (generic) mahjong food, cooking
- white
- innocence, innocent person
- blank space
- white go stone
- white dragon tile
- skewered grilled pig intestine
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 rฤซchi
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb mahjong 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) (in go)
- 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
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb mahjong
- to make a payment via bank deposit transfer
- to discard another player's winning tile
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation mahjong
- one copy (of a document), one letter
- one-way traffic
- pure straight, winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb mahjong
- to start, to begin, to commence
- to challenge, to pick (a fight), to make (war), to draw (a reaction) from
- to set (traps), to plant (explosives), to lay (mines)
- to make a meld call