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| Naturally, the featured game is Japanese mahjong. Therefore, a multitude number of Japanese terminology are used. The following list includes the Japanese terminology, English equivalent, and the terminology usage.
| | A large number of terms are used for the game. As Japanese mahjong, naturally, these terms are in Japanese. English language translation and explanation is made available here. |
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| | [[List of terminology by alphabetical order]] |
| !Japanese
| | [[List of terminology by usage category]] |
| !English
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| |ari
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| |in effect
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| |States that the preceding rule is used, as in ''akadora ari'' for playing with red fives. Opposite of ''nashi''.
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| |nashi
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| |invalid
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| |States that the preceding rule is not in effect, as in ''kuikae nashi'' for disallowing players to call a tile and immediately discard another tile which would have also completed the called meld.
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| |shuntsu
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| |sequence
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| |Three tiles of the same suit in sequence, used as one of the four melds in a regular hand. ''Chii'' is used to call a tile to complete a ''shuntsu'' and set it aside as a ''minjun'', i.e., an open ''shuntsu''. A concealed ''shuntsu'' is an ''anjun''.
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