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==Terminology list==

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|Romaji=[[Agari]]

| Kanji      = 和了り止め

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|Kanji=間四軒

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|Kanji=赤牌

|English=Red dora

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|Kanji=暗

|English=Closed, concealed

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|Kanji=安牌

|English=Safe tile

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|Kanji=青天井

|English=No capping

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|Kanji=頭

|Explanation=The pair in a standard mahjong hand. Also "jantou".

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|Kanji=頭跳ね

|English=Head bump

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|Explanation=Discarding the same tile as someone else, to avoid dealing into their hand.

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|Romaji=[[Ba]]

| Romaji      = [[Baiman]]

| Kanji      = 倍満

| Explanation = A hand worth 8 to 10 han.

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|Explanation=A strategy that focuses entirely on avoiding dealing into opponents’ hands, with no intention of developing one’s own hand.

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|Romaji=[[Kan#Shouminkan|Chakan]]

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|Romaji=[[Chombo]]

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|Explanation=A penalty, applied to particularly unacceptable mahjong plays, such as winning with an invalid hand or destroying the wall.  Typically, the penalty results in a [[Scoring|mangan]] payment to all players and restarts the current round.  Otherwise, penalty values may be subject to [[Rule variations|variation]].

|Romaji=[[Tanyao|Chunchan]]

|Kanji=中張

|Explanation=The zone of tiles numbered from 2 through 8, representing tiles that can be grouped with tiles on each of its sides.

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| Explanation =The tiles in the zone numbered from 2 through 8. See tanyao for related yaku. Opposite of "yaochuuhai".

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|Romaji=[[Naki|Daburon]]

|Explanation=The flipped tile on the dead wall, indicating the dora.

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| Romaji      = [[Enchousen]]

| Explanation = Extra game round, in the event where no player scores more than the target points at the end of a [[hanchan|normal game]].

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|Romaji=[[Fu]]

|Explanation=The 20 base Fu used when calculating score, given by default rather than from composition.

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|Romaji=[[Genbutsu]]

| Romaji      = [[Goumii]]

| Kanji      = ゴーミー

| Explanation = The cheapest tsumo value, of 500 points from the dealer and 300 points from the non-dealers.

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| Romaji      = [[Gyakuten]]

| Kanji      = 逆転

| Explanation = Refers to a situation, where a player passes up another player in points, at the end of the game.

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|Romaji=[[Haipai]]

| Romaji      = [[Haneman]]

| Kanji      = 跳満

| Explanation = A hand worth 6 or 7 han.

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| Romaji      = Hikkake

| English    = Trap

| Explanation = Discard tiles indicating particular tiles as safe, when in fact, they are not - contrary to standard defense reading.

|Romaji=[[Scoring|Honba]]

|Kanji=本場

|Explanation=A counter to indicate the number of hands in-between winning hands, usually indicated by 100-point sticks.

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|Romaji=[[Agari|Houra]]

|Kanji=和了

|Explanation=To win a hand

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|Explanation=The very last discarded tile for a hand, which may not subject to any tile calls other than "ron".

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|Romaji=[[Hanchan|Iichan]]

|Explanation=Cheating by manipulating devices integral to the game (autodealer, game client) or outside it (cameras, telegraphs, radio).

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|Romaji=[[Jansou]]

|Explanation=The turn number within a round.

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|Romaji=[[Kabe]]

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| Explanation = A hand tenpai for at least one invalid tile.

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|English=Quad

|Explanation=A tile group of four identical tiles, which must be [[kan|declared as kan]] to be counted as such.

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|Explanation=Additional dora indicators revealed after calling [[kan]].

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| Romaji      = [[Tenpai#Keishiki tenpai|Keishiki tenpai]]

| Kanji      = 形式聴牌

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|Kanji=局

|English=Round, Hand session

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|Romaji=[[Machi]]

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|Kanji=回し打ち

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|Romaji=[[Mentsu|Minjun]]

|English=Open sequence

|Explanation=An open shuntsu, or a sequence of three consecutive tiles, formed by calling chii on the previously missing tile. A concealed shuntsu would be an anjun.

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| Romaji      = [[Minogashi]]

| Kanji      =

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| Kanji      = 盲牌

| English    = Blind touch

| Explanation = The act of reading a tile by touch, instead of looking at the tile.

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|Romaji=[[Nobetan]]

|Kanji=延べ単

|Explanation=A double Tanki wait, e.g. 4567 waiting on 4 or 7.

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| Romaji      = [[Nomi]]

| Kanji      = ノミ

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|Romaji=[[Tenpai|Noten]]

|Kanji=ノーテン

|Explanation=When your hand is not in tenpai at the end of the round.

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|Explanation=A tile that counts as Dora when extracted from the hand, e.g. flower tiles or the Pei (North) in most three-player variants.

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|Romaji=[[Occult|Okaruto]]

|English=Off wind tiles

|Explanation=Non-bonus wind tiles. For example, if seated South in the East round, then Otakaze are West and North tiles.

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|Explanation=The dealer position, seated east

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|Romaji=Pai

|Explanation=A tile call used to make a [[Mentsu|minkou]] from an opponent’s discard.

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|Romaji=[[Renchan]]

|Explanation=The end of the hand, where every tile not in players' hands and the [[dead wall]] has been drawn and discarded; and no winning hand was determined.

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|Romaji=Saikoro

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| Explanation = The act of discarding potentially dangerous tiles, before they actually become dangerous.

|English=Live tile

|Explanation=A tile that has not yet been discarded this round.

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|English=Number tiles

|Explanation=The number tiles. Also “suupai”.

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|English=Tile interval

|Explanation=The tiles that complete [[ryanmen]] (open waits).  Means “muscle”.

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|English=To discard

|Explanation=To discard a tile.

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|Romaji=[[Taatsu]]

|Kanji=塔子

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|English=East

|Explanation=East wind tile.

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|Romaji=[[Tonpuusen]]

|Kanji=東風戦

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|Explanation=Discarding the tile that was just drawn. Opposite of ''tedashi''.

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| Romaji      = [[Urasuji]]

| English    = Back vein

| Explanation = The discarded tile that lies just outside of a dangerous wait, one count higher (or lower) and represent a kanchan wait being upgraded to a ryanmen one

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|Romaji=[[Wanpai]]

|Explanation=A rule that doubles any payment involving the player whose wall was broken at the start of the hand.

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|Romaji=[[Yakitori]]

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| Explanation = A tactic of declining a winning tile, until after one's subsequent turn.

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|Romaji=[[Yaochuuhai]]

|Kanji=幺九牌

|Explanation=All tiles numbered 1 and 9 (routouhai) plus characters (jihai).

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|Explanation=The specific tile(s) in a [[machi|multiple wait]] that would produce the least points.  Oppose of ''takame''.

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|Romaji=Zentsuppa

==External links==

* [http://www.reachmahjong.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99#A Terminology list at ReachMahjong]

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