| 役 | [やく, yaku] (n, n-suf) (1) use; service; role; (2) post; position; (3) scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand; (P) #287 [Add to Longdo] |
| 荘 | [チャン, chan] (suf, ctr) counter for games of mahjongg (chi #2,883 [Add to Longdo] |
| リーチ | [ri-chi] (n) (1) reach; (2) leech; (3) (See 立直) being one step away from completing a game, esp. mahjong (winning, losing, game over, etc.); (P) #10,301 [Add to Longdo] |
| 天和;天鳳 | [てんほう;テンホー, tenhou ; tenho-] (n) mahjong hand in which the dealer goes out immediately #18,459 [Add to Longdo] |
| がめる;ガメる | [gameru ; game ru] (v1, vt) (1) to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); (2) to swipe; to nick; to pilfer [Add to Longdo] |
| 安全牌;安全パイ | [あんぜんぱい(安全牌);あんぜんパイ(安全パイ), anzenpai ( anzenpai ); anzen pai ( anzen pai )] (n) (1) mahjong tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; (2) no-risk choice; easily handled person [Add to Longdo] |
| 安牌 | [あんぱい, anpai] (n) (1) 'safe' tile in mahjong (one that won't be taken up by other players if discarded); (2) someone that can be safely ignored (e.g. in some competitive situation) [Add to Longdo] |
| 一向聴 | [イーシャンテン, i-shanten] (n) (See 聴牌) "fishing" in mahjong (i.e. needing one more tile for completion) [Add to Longdo] |
| 一荘 | [イーチャン, i-chan] (n) (See 半荘) one full game of mahjong (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds) (chi [Add to Longdo] |
| 海底撈月 | [はいていらおゆえ, haiteiraoyue] (n) Haitei winning hand in mahjong; winning on the last tile drawn from the wall; scooping the moon from the bottom of the sea [Add to Longdo] |
| 国士無双 | [こくしむそう, kokushimusou] (n) (1) distinguished person; (2) Thirteen Orphans (high-scoring mahjong hand) [Add to Longdo] |
| 骨牌 | [こっぱい, koppai] (n) (1) playing cards; (2) mahjong tiles made of animal bone [Add to Longdo] |
| 索子 | [ソーズ, so-zu] (n) (See 万子) bamboo tiles (in mahjong) [Add to Longdo] |
| 散家 | [サンチャ, sancha] (n) non-dealer (in mahjongg) (chi [Add to Longdo] |
| 字牌 | [つーぱい;じはい, tsu-pai ; jihai] (n) Honor tiles (in mahjong) [Add to Longdo] |
| 雀球 | [じゃんきゅう, jankyuu] (n) jankyu (combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong) [Add to Longdo] |
| 雀荘 | [じゃんそう, jansou] (n) mahjong club [Add to Longdo] |
| 雀卓 | [じゃんたく, jantaku] (n) mahjong board [Add to Longdo] |
| 聴牌 | [テンパイ, tenpai] (n, vs) "fishing" in mahjong (i.e. needing one more tile for completion) (chi [Add to Longdo] |
| 筒子;餅子 | [ピンズ;トンズ(筒子), pinzu ; tonzu ( pinzu )] (n) dot tiles (in mahjong); circle tiles [Add to Longdo] |
| 半荘 | [ハンチャン, hanchan] (n) half-game of mahjong consisting of an east and south round (chi [Add to Longdo] |
| 麻雀屋 | [まあじゃんや;まぜじゃんや, maajanya ; mazejanya] (n) mah-jongg parlour; mah-jongg parlor; mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor [Add to Longdo] |
| 麻雀打ち;マージャン打ち | [まあじゃんうち(麻雀打ち);マージャンうち(マージャン打ち), maajan'uchi ( majan uchi ); ma-jan uchi ( ma-jan uchi )] (n) mahjong player [Add to Longdo] |
| 万子 | [マンズ;ワンズ, manzu ; wanzu] (n) character tiles (in mahjong) [Add to Longdo] |
| 満貫 | [まんがん, mangan] (n) winning with the highest possible score (in mah-jongg) (mahjong); a win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points) [Add to Longdo] |
| 摸牌 | [もうぱい, moupai] (n, vs) identifying a piece by touch in a mah-jongg game (mahjong) [Add to Longdo] |
| 立直 | [リーチ, ri-chi] (n) (uk) declaring that one is one tile away from winning in mahjong (chi [Add to Longdo] |
