List of terminology by alphabetical order

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.

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Japanese	Kanji	English	Explanation Aotenjou 「」 No capping A rarely used rule, which eliminates the score cappings mangan, haneman, etc., and scores all hands as directly with the scoring formula. Atozuke 「」 After-attach Allows a hand to win despite having no guaranteed yaku while in tenpai, as long as the winning tile generates a yaku. Opposite of sakizuke. Anjun 「」 Concealed sequence Three self-drawn consecutive tiles of the same suit, used as one of the four melds in a regular hand. An open sequence would be a minjun, the general term for a sequence is shuntsu. Ankan 「」 Concealed kan Four self-drawn identical tiles set aside as a kantsu. Declaring an ankan does not open the hand if it was previously closed. Ankou 「」 Concealed triplet Three self-drawn identical tiles, used as one of the four melds in a regular hand. Compare with the yaku names san ankou and suu ankou. An open triplet would be a minkou, and the general term for any triplet is koutsu. Ari 「」 In effect, on States that the preceding rule is used, as in akadora ari for playing with red fives. Opposite of nashi.

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Japanese	Kanji	English	Explanation Minjun 「」 Open sequence 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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Nashi 「」 Invalid, off

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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Japanese	Kanji	English	Explanation }} Shuntsu 「」 Sequence This is the generic term for, three consecutive tiles of the same suit, whether open or closed. Chii is used to call a tile to complete a shuntsu and set it aside as a minjun (open). A concealed (closed) shuntsu is an anjun. ' 「」

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