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-Tenpai is the state of the hand waiting on just one tile to claim for a win, either by draw or discard.  Even if the hand does not win, it can still be awarded a small amount of points at the end of the hand, after all possible tiles are drawn and discarded.  So, hands at tenpai during ryuukyoku still has some value.
+Tenpai is the state of the hand waiting on just one tile to claim for a win, either by draw or discard. When an exhaustive draw happens, a win is no longer possible, but a small point bonus is given.
 * {{#mjt:123p456m888s1155z}} is tenpai, waiting on {{#mjt:1z}} or {{#mjt:5z}}.
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 :{{#mjt:12m567p888s11z}} {{#mjt:0z33m0z}}
-Despite the hand being one tile away from completion, all of the possible winning tiles are in the player's own closed [[kan]]. So, instead of gaining points, the player is considered noten.
+Despite the hand being one tile away from completion, all of the possible winning tiles are in the player's own closed [[kan]]. So, instead of gaining points, the player is considered noten. (However, this, like the other points, is subject to rule variation.)
-These cases depend on the specific rule variation, though.
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