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'''Kokushi musou''' {{kana|国士無双}}, also simply known as '''kokushi''', is one of the standard [[List of yaku#Yakuman|yakuman]] hands. This hand is one of the two exceptions of the "four melds and one pair" rule of forming a hand, where the other exception is the [[chii toitsu]].  It consists of one of each terminal tile from each suit and one of each honor tiles. The 14th tile must be a duplicate of any terminal or honor tile. These tiles are classed as '''yaochuuhai''' {{kana|幺九牌}}.  If a player draws the thirteen different tile types before pairing any of them, then the hand is called '''kokushi musou juusan menmachi''' {{kana|国士無双１３面待ち}}, or the [[Machi|kokushi musou 13 closed wait]].    As the hand requires specific individual tiles, this hand remains closed to qualify, due to the general inability to call tiles in order to complete it.