List of terminology by alphabetical order: Difference between revisions

==Terminology list==

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|Romaji=[[Agari]]

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|Kanji=間四軒

|English=Four in between

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

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|Romaji=[[Ba]]

|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]]

| 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]]

| 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]]

|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]]

|Explanation=A portion of the game, starting from the dealing of tiles and ends with the declaration of a win, [[Tochuu ryuukyoku|aborted hand]], or [[ryuukyoku|draw]]. Examples: East 1, Honba 0. South 2, Honba 1.

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|Romaji=[[Machi]]

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|Kanji=回し打ち

|English=Avoidance play

| English    = Let free

| Explanation = The act of declining a winning tile.

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

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|Romaji=[[Suji|Naka suji]]

| Kanji      = ノミ

| English    = Only

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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]]

|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

|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=Taahai

|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=[[Ukeire]]

| 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]]

|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