List: mahjong
Terms used in mahjong, a game for four players that was created in China.
gairaigo Chinese origin mahjong noun noun (generic) colloquial
- half flush, winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles
- heterogeneity (e.g. manufacturing using products from several sources)
abbreviation usually written using kana alone mahjong noun noun (generic)
- half flush, winning hand containing one suit and honor tiles
gairaigo waseigo English origin mahjong noun noun (generic)
- final hand of a game (i.e. south round, fourth hand)
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- triple run, winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- triple pung, winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- all simples, winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- double-sided wait (for one's last tile), wait for one of two types of tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- pair, eyes
search-only kana form mahjong noun noun (generic)
- pair (as part of a winning hand, together with four melds), eyes
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait