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In all cases, the furiten rule requires a player to be aware of all of their [[machi|tile waits]]. If a player is [[tenpai]] but does not realize all of their possible waits, they may not be aware that they are furiten and, as a result, call an illegal win. This is especially true of a player who has called [[riichi]], because they can be furiten off of anyone's discard for a long period of time. | In all cases, the furiten rule requires a player to be aware of all of their [[machi|tile waits]]. If a player is [[tenpai]] but does not realize all of their possible waits, they may not be aware that they are furiten and, as a result, call an illegal win. This is especially true of a player who has called [[riichi]], because they can be furiten off of anyone's discard for a long period of time. | ||
Furiten is the reason that in Japanese mahjong, unlike many other mahjong variations, the [[discard pile]] is specifically arranged in front of players and [[Naki|tile calls]] have one tile turned to indicate who discarded the tile. These allow players to keep track of who discarded a tile. | |||
Furiten is translated as '''sacred discard''' in Chinese. In consequence, English terminology had made this the equivalent. However, this translation bears no relation to the Japanese term. | Furiten is translated as '''sacred discard''' in Chinese. In consequence, English terminology had made this the equivalent. However, this translation bears no relation to the Japanese term. |
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