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[[Image:Dora and Wanpai.jpg|thumb|250px|Dead wall showing 2-pin as the dora indicator.]]'''Dora''' {{kana|ドラ}} is a feature to the game, where possession of specific tiles instantly grants the hand 1 han per tile.  Regardless, hands must still possess a [[yaku]] in order to score, regardless of the number of dora in the hand.  At the start of every hand, 14 tiles are set aside as the wanpai, or dead wall tiles.  Furthermore, additional dora may be revealed through the use of '''uradora''' and/or '''kandora'''.

'''Wanpai''' {{kana|王牌}} are the tiles used to form the '''dead wall'''.  These tiles are set aside from the regular draw and discard play.  These are generally inaccessible, unless players call [[kan]].  At all time, the dead wall must be maintained at 14 tiles.  In the event of a kan call, a tile is drawn by the player, and so a replacement tile from the end of the regular wall is added to the end of the dead wall.