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 However, in mahjong, you can only hold 13 tiles in your hand. Therefore, players must get to '''[[tenpai]]''' (ready hand) - a hand that is one tile away from winning - first. Once reaching tenpai, you can win the hand by either drawing a winning tile, or winning from an opponent's discard. With a normal hand structure, there are two ways to get to tenpai:
-'''Three complete groups + 1 incomplete group + 1 pair'''
+'''Tenpai #1 - 3 complete groups + 1 incomplete group + 1 pair:'''
 :{{#mjt:234m666888s3356p}} - May win off: {{#mjt:4p}} or {{#mjt:7p}} to complete a sequence.
-'''Four complete groups + 1 tile waiting to be paired'''
+'''Tenpai #2 - 4 complete groups + 1 tile waiting to be paired'''
-:{{#mjt:234m666888s3567p}} - May win off: {{#mjt:3p}} to complete the pair.
+:{{#mjt:234m666888s3567p}} - May win off: {{#mjt:3p}} to complete the pair. (This type of tenpai is generally rarer than tenpai #1)
 A hand that is one tile away from being complete is in tenpai. A hand that is one away from tenpai (two from winning) is 1-[[shanten]]. A hand that is two away from tenpai (three from winning) is 2-shanten, and so on. A hand with a high shanten count is far away from winning, and may be too slow to be worth winning.