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=== Hyakuman goku ===
=== Hyakuman goku ===
'''Hyakuman goku''' {{kana|百万石}} (lit. ''Million piculs'') is a [[chinitsu]] hand of [[manzu]] where all of their numbers can be summed up to over a hundred.  As how the yaku name indicated, a million is achieved by multiplying 100 by ten thousands, the unit of manzu.
'''Hyakuman goku''' {{kana|百万石}} (lit. ''One Million Koku'') is a [[chinitsu]] hand of [[manzu]] where all of their numbers can be summed up to over a hundred.  As how the yaku name indicated, a million is achieved by multiplying 100 by ten thousands, the unit of manzu.
* Value: Yakuman
* Value: Yakuman
* Examples:
* Examples:
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* Some variation may exists as follows:
* Some variation may exists as follows:
** Only scores the exactly 100 cases as a yakuman.
** Only scores the exactly 100 cases as a yakuman.
** Scores the exactly 100 cases as a double yakuman. Such hand is also called '''Kaga hyakuman goku''' {{kana|加賀百万石}} / '''Junsei hyakuman goku''' {{kana|純正百万石}} (lit. ''Pure million piculs'').
** Scores the exactly 100 cases as a double yakuman. Such hand is also called '''Kaga hyakuman goku''' {{kana|加賀百万石}} (lit. ''Kaga's Million Koku'') / '''Junsei hyakuman goku''' {{kana|純正百万石}} (lit. ''Pure Million Koku'').
** May allow summing up a hand for [[honitsu]].
** May allow summing up a hand for [[honitsu]].
* Trivia:
* Trivia:
** A [[wikipedia:picul|picul]] (石, or 担) is an ancient unit of weight in Asia. The actual weight may be a bit off, but roughly it's defined by "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole", at around 50 to 60 kilograms.
** A [[wikipedia:koku|koku]] (石) is a traditional Japanese unit of volume equal to approximately 180 L (48 U.S. gal.), which volume of rice is approximately 150 kg (330 lb). The yaku is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Kaga Domain|Kaga Domain]], which had the largest [[wikipedia:kokudaka|kokudaka]], or assessed value, in feudal Japan: one million koku.


== Yakumans related to specific tiles ==
== Yakumans related to specific tiles ==
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