Nobetan

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Nobetan
Kanji ノベタン
English Double pair
Fu 2 fu
Tile types waiting 2 sided wait
Tiles available 6 tiles
Pattern example Tile-2m.pngTile-3m.pngTile-4m.pngTile-5m.png
Tenhou.net example

Nobetan 「ノベタン」, or nobetanki 「延べ単騎」, is a tile wait pattern that uses two separate tanki waits. With this pattern, the tenpai hand is looking to pair either one of two tiles for completion.

Pattern

Tile-unknown.pngTile-unknown.pngTile-unknown.pngTile-4p.pngTile-5p.pngTile-6p.pngTile-7p.pngTile-unknown.pngTile-unknown.pngTile-unknown.pngTile-unknown.pngTile-unknown.pngTile-unknown.png Waiting for: Tile-4p.pngTile-7p.png

The pattern is noticeable as four consecutive numbered tiles. When completed, the above example functions as follows:

Win with Tile-4p.png then it'd look like: Tile-5p.pngTile-6p.pngTile-7p.png Tile-4p.pngTile-4p.png
Win with Tile-7p.png then it'd look like: Tile-4p.pngTile-5p.pngTile-6p.png Tile-7p.pngTile-7p.png

Fu

The pattern generates 2 fu for the hand. Either tile type produces the pair; and thus, it counts for the waiting pattern of tanki.

External links

Nobetan in Japanese Wikipedia