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Agari
「和がり」
Generic call for winning a hand.
Aidayonken
「間四軒」
An interval of four between two discarded number tiles. Usually indicates dangerous waits. A discarded 1 and 6 make a 2—5 wait very probable.
Akapai
「赤牌」
Red tiles that count as Dora. Usually fives, but not always.
An
「暗」
Means "dark", refers to tiles that are concealed in the hand.
Anjun
「暗順」
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
「暗槓」
Four self-drawn identical tiles set aside as a kantsu. Declaring an ankan does not open the hand if it was previously closed.
Ankou
「暗刻」
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.
Anpai
「安牌」
Safe tile, or tiles not subject to agari (to be called as winning tiles).
Aotenjou
「青天井」
A rarely used rule, which eliminates the score cappings mangan, haneman, etc., and scores all hands as directly with the scoring formula.
Ari
「あり,アリ,有り」
States that the preceding rule is used, as in akadora ari for playing with red fives. Opposite of nashi.
Ari ari
「アリアリ」
Ruleset which allows kuitan and atozuke. Most common basic set of rules in Japan.
Atama
「頭」
The pair in a standard mahjong hand. Also "jantou".
Atamahane
「頭跳ね」
A rule that allows only one Ron at a time; the closest to the discarder in turn order takes priority.
Atozuke
「先付け」
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.
Awaseuchi
「合わせ打ち」
Discarding the same tile as someone else, to avoid dealing into their hand.
Ba
「場」
A “wind round”, e.g. tonba (east round) or nanba (south round).
Baiman
「倍満」
A hand worth 8-19 han.
Bakahon
「バカホン」
Slang for honitsu nomi with no extra yaku or dora.
Bakaze
「場風」
Round wind.
Barai
「払い」
A payment. Also “furikomi”.
Basengo
「場千五」
A rule where each honba counter is worth of 1500 points instead of the regular 300 points.
Bazoro
「場ゾロ」
The two base Han used when calculating score, given by default rather than from yaku.
Betaori
「ベタ降り」
A strategy that focuses entirely on avoiding dealing into opponents’ hands, with no intention of developing one’s own hand.
Chakan
「加槓」
A kantsu that was upgraded from a minkou.
Chii
「チー」
The call used to make a minjun from an opponent’s discard.
Chombo
「冲合」
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 mangan payment to all players and restarts the current round. Otherwise, penalty values may be subject to variation.
Chunchan
「中張」
The zone of tiles numbered from 2 through 8, representing tiles that can be grouped with tiles on each of its sides.
Chunchanhai
「中張牌」
The tiles in the zone numbered from 2 through 8. See tanyao for related yaku. Opposite of "yaochuuhai".
Daburon
「ダブロン」
A rule that allows two people to simultaneously win from the same discarded tile.
Daiminkan
「大明槓」
A kan formed with possession of three tile types, and calling on the discarded fourth tile.
Damaten
「黙聴」
A tactic of holding tenpai without calling riichi.
Dejitaru
「デジタル」
A school of thought focused on the outcome of a game, explained by probability and statistics.
Dora
「ドラ」
A feature to the game which rewards han to a hand, while in possession of tiles indicated by the revealed tile from the dead wall.
Dorahyouji
「ドラ表示」
The flipped tile on the dead wall, indicating the dora.
Enchousen
「延長戦」
Extra game round, in the event where no player scores more than the target points at the end of a normal game.
Fu
「符」
A unit used to measure the hand's score, based on meld and wait composition.
Furikomi
「振り込み」
A payment, also “barai”.
Furiten
「振聴」
A rule that disables a player's ability to win by discard, due to the presence of a winning tile in the discard and/or the declining of a win during riichi.
Fuuro
「副露」
Calling of discarded tile or closed kan, also "naki".
Fuutei
「副底」
The 20 base Fu used when calculating score, given by default rather than from composition.
Genbutsu
「現物」
A 100% safe tile.
Haipai
「配牌」
The players' dealt tiles at the beginning of a hand.
Haiteihai
「海底牌」
The last drawable tile in the wall.
Haiyama
「牌山」
The walls from which tiles are drawn.
Han
「飜」
The hand value count based on yaku value and/or dora.
Hanchan
「半荘」
A game consisting of an East and South round.
Harabote
「腹ボテ」
A Shanpon or Tanki wait embedded inside a Shuntsu. For example, 4556 waiting on 5.
Honba
「本場」
A counter to indicate the number of hands in-between winning hands, usually indicated by 100-point sticks.
Houjuu
「放銃」
To deal into a hand.
Houra
「和了」
To win a hand.
Houteihai
「河底牌」
The very last discarded tile for a hand, which may not subject to any tile calls other than "ron".
Iichan
「一荘」
A game consisting of East, South, West, and North rounds. More common in Chinese variants.
Ikasama
「イカサマ」
To cheat using sleight of hand, etc.
Inchiki
「雀頭」
The pair in a standard mahjong hand. Also named “atama”.
Jantou
「雀頭」
The pair in a standard mahjong hand. Also “atama”.
Jansou
「雀荘」
A public place specifically used to host and cater mahjong play. AKA Mahjong parlor
Jigokumachi
「地獄待ち」
A wait in which all but one of the winning tiles are visible or claimed. AKA Hell wait
Jihai
「字牌」
Character tiles (sangenpai and kazehai).
Jikaze
「自風」
Your seat wind.
Jun
「巡」
The turn number within a round.
Kabe
「壁」
A tile-counting technique that measures the possibility of someone making Shuntsu based on how many instances of a tile are visible.
Kakan
「加槓」
A kan that was upgraded from a melded set, from a player's own draws or hand.
Kamicha
「上家」
The player to the left of one's perspective.
Kandora
「カンドラ」
Additional dora indicators, when the call for kan is invoked.
Hou
「河」
A player's discard area. The kanji 河 means "river" but each player's discard area is sometimes called their "Pond" in English.
Kantsu
「槓子」
A meld of four identical tiles, which must be declared as kan to be counted as such.
Karaten
「カラテン」
The state of a tenpai hand, by which all available waiting tiles are not available due to discards and/or dora indicators. Literally, empty tenpai.
Kanchan
「嵌張」
A wait that completes the inside of a Shuntsu, like a 4-6 waiting on 5.
Kazehai
「風牌」
Wind tiles.
Kikenhai
「危険牌」
Dangerous tile, or a tile that may be likely used by another player to win with.
Kiriage Mangan
「切り上げ満貫」
A rule where 3 Han 60 Fu and 4 Han 30 Fu are rounded up to Mangan.
Kiru
「切る」
To discard a tile.
Koutsu
「刻子」
A meld of three identical tiles.
Kuikae
「喰い替え」
A rule that allows you to call a tile, then discard another tile that could have completed the meld. For example, to chi 123 and discard a 4.
Kuisagari
「喰い下がり」
A property of some yaku that reduces the han value by 1 when the hand is open.
Kuitan
「喰い断」
A rule that allows tanyao to be open.
Kyoku
「局」
A portion of the game, starting from the dealing of tiles and ends with the declaration of a win, aborted hand, or draw. Examples: East Round 1. South Round 2.
Machi
「待ち」
The tiles waiting for with a tenpai hand.
Mangan
「満貫」
A cap applied to the standard scoring equation. Hands worth 3 han 70+ fu. 4 han 40+ fu, or 5 han are valued at mangan.
Manzu
「萬子」
One of the three numbered suits, consisting of a kanji number plus 萬, meaning 10000.
Mawashiuchi
「回し打ち」
The strategy of attempting to develop a hand, while discarding only safe tiles.
Mentanpin
「メンタンピン」
Abbreviation for Menzen-Tanyao-Pinfu, a common set of yaku.
Mentsu
「面子」
The melds: koutsu, shuntsu, and kantsu.
Menzen
「門前」
A fully closed hand, thus no open melds.
Min
「明」
Meaning “light”, refers to tiles that have been exposed by calling.

Minjun


「明順」

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.

Minkou
「明刻」
An open koutsu made by calling a discarded tile.
Naki
「鳴き」
Calling a discarded tile.
Nan
「南」
South wind tile.
Nashi
「なし,ナシ,無し」
States that the preceding rule is not in effect. For example, as in kuikae nashi for disallowing players to call a tile and immediately discard another tile which would have also completed the called meld.
Nashi Nashi
「ナシナシ」
Ruleset which disallows kuitan and atozuke. Opposite of Ari Ari.
Nobetan
「延べ単」
A double Tanki wait, e.g. 4567 waiting on 4 or 7.
Nomi
「ノミ」
A term referring to a hand containing just a single yaku and no dora, with exception to nagashi mangan.
Noten
「ノーテン」
When your hand is not in tenpai at the end of the round.
Noten bappu
「ノーテン罰符」
A payment made at the end of a round by those who are not in tenpai (or choose not to reveal their hands) to those who are in tenpai.
Nukidora
「抜きドラ」
A tile that counts as Dora when extracted from the hand, e.g. flower tiles or the Pei (North) in most three-player variants.
Occult
「オカルト」
A school of thought tying game outcome with luck, flow, mahjong demons, psychology, etc.
Oka
「オカ」
First place bonus applied when calculating uma.
Okkake Riichi, Oikake Riichi
「追っかけリーチ, 追いかけリーチ」
To declare riichi after someone else rather than defend.
Okurikan
「送り槓」
Four tiles that could be called for kan, but rather left undeclared in order to use the tiles for other melds.
Oorasu
「オーラス」
The final regular hand of a game. AKA All last
Otakaze
「客風」
Non-bonus wind tiles. For example, if seated South in the East round, then Otakaze are West and North tiles.
Oya
「親」
The dealer position, seated east
Pao
「包」
A property of certain yakuman that causes one person to be responsible for the whole payment if they discarded the tile that made it a yakuman.
Pei
「北」
North wind tile.
Penchan
「辺張」
A wait consisting of 12 waiting on 3, or 89 waiting on 7.
Pinzu
「筒子」
The suit consisting of dot patterns.
Pon
「ポン」
A tile call used to make a minkou from an opponent’s discard.
Renchan
「連荘」
A continuation of dealer position because the dealer either won or was tenpai at the end of the round.
Riipai
「理牌」
Arranging the tiles in your hand.
Rinshanpai
「嶺上牌」
The tile drawn after making a Kan.
Ron
「栄, ロン」
A win using an opponent’s discard.
Routouhai
「老頭牌」
The tiles numbered 1 and 9.
Ryanhan shibari
A minimum limit of 2-han is applied to winning hands. Usually, this is applied when the honba count reaches 5.
Ryankan
「両嵌」
Two kanchan shaped taatsu merged together, e.g. 357 which can be completed by either 4 or 6.
Ryanmen
「両面」
A two-sided wait, like 56 waiting on 4 or 7.
Ryuukyoku
「流局」
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.
Saikoro
「骰子」
The dice, used to determine dealer position and wall breaks.
Sakizuke
「先付け」
Disallows a yakuless hand to win upon gaining yaku with a discard. Opposite to atozuke.
Sangenpai
「三元牌」
The dragon tiles: Haku, Hatsu, and Chun.
Sanma
「三麻」
The game played with three players.
Sashikomi
「差し込み」
Intentionally dealing into an opponent’s hand.
Shaa
「西」
The west tile.
Shabo
「シャボ」
Abbreviation of shanpon.
Shanten
「向聴」
A wait consisting of two pairs, one of which must be upgraded to a koutsu.
Shibori
「絞り」
Holding on to tiles that an opponent would otherwise be likely to pon or chi.
Shimocha
「下家」
The player to the right.
Shoku
「色」
Suit. Literally means "color".
Shonpai
「生牌」
A tile that has not yet been discarded this round. AKA Live tile
Shuntsu
「順子」
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.
Shuupai
「数牌」
The number tiles. Also “suupai”.
Souzu
「索子」
The suit consisting of patterns of bamboo sticks.
Suji
「筋」
The tiles that complete ryanmen (open waits). Means “muscle”.
Suupai
「数牌」
The number tiles. Also “shuupai”.
Suteru
「捨てる」
To discard a tile.
Taatsu
「塔子」
A tile pattern that can be turned into a shuntsu with one more tile. For example, 46 can be completed with a 5.
Takame
「高目」
The specific tile with a multiple tile wait, during tenpai, that would produce the most points. Opposite of yasume.
Tanyaohai
「断幺牌」
The tiles numbered 2 through 8. Also “chunchan”.
Tanki
「単騎」
A wait on a single tile to complete the pair.
Tenbou
「点棒」
Point sticks used for manual scoring.
Tenpai
「聴牌」
A hand that needs only one tile to win.
Tenpane
「テンパネ」
The advantage of rounding up to the higher 10 fu mark, when just crossing the previous 10 fu. Example: Being 2 fu above 30 fu, allowing an above rounding of 40 fu.
Tochuu ryuukyoku
「途中流局」
Specific conditions that immediately ends a hand session.
Toitsu
「対子」
A pair of identical tiles.
Toimen
「対面」
The player sitting directly across from you.
Ton
「東」
East wind tile.
Tonpuusen
「東風戦」
A game consisting of an East only round.
Tsumo
「自摸」
A self-drawn tile. Also short for Menzenchin tsumohou, or winning by self-draw.
Tsumokiri
「ツモ切り」
Discarding the tile that was just drawn.
Uma
「ウマ」
An additional end game score, calculated based on the ante, plus-minus adjustment, and game rank.
Ura dora
「裏ドラ」
Additional dora located underneath previously revealed dora indicators, which can be earned by winning with riichi.
Wanpai
「王牌」
The “dead” section of wall that can’t be used except for Dora indicators and Kan draws.
Wareme
「割れ目」
A rule that doubles any payment involving the player whose wall was broken at the start of a kyoku.
Yakitori
「焼き鳥」
A penalty applied after a hanchan to players who did not win at least one hand.
Yaku
「役」
A required scoring pattern or condition in the hand that awards han, such as Tanyao or Toitoi.
Yama
「山」
The tile walls, literally means "mountains".
Yaochuuhai
「幺九牌」
All tiles numbered 1 and 9 (routouhai) plus characters (jihai).
Yasude
「安手」
A low scoring hand.
Yasume
「安目」
The specific tile(s) in a multiple wait that would produce the least points. Oppose of takame.
Zentsuppa
「全ツッパ」
A strategy that attempts to win a hand at all costs while ignoring the possibility of dealing into an opponent’s hand.
Chiicha
「起家」
The person who has a seat-wind of east in the first hand of the game. This player has the Chiicha Maaku placed at the player's right side and it stays there throughout the game.
Toncha, Nancha, Shaacha, Peicha
「東家, 单家, 西家, 北家」
The four players can also be given names according to their current seat-wind. The Toncha is east (i.e. the dealer), the Nancha is south, the Shācha is west and the Pēcha is north.
Buttobi, Dobon, Hakoten
「ぶっとび, ドボン, ハコテン」
These are various names used to describe a player whose score has dropped below zero, making them Bankrupt. By extension, these terms can also refer to the optional rule that causes a match to end early as soon as this happens to one or more players.
Toppu
「トップ」
The player leading on points either during the game or at its end is designated Toppu ("top").
Rasuto
「ラスト」
The player with the lowest score is Rasuto ("last").
Shiipai
「洗牌」
The shuffling of the tiles.
Tsumo Yama
「ツモ山」
The part of the Wall from which the players draw their tiles before and during the hand of play. AKA Live wall
Wanpai
「王牌」
The seven stacks (fourteen tiles) immediately to the right of the break in the wall are called the Wanpai (literally "king's tiles") or Dead Wall in English.
Chon Chon
「チョンチョン」
After the initial twelve tiles, the players collect a further one tile each and finally the dealer draws one more tile, effectively taking his first draw of the new hand of play. The dealer can take both of his tiles at once and the others then take theirs in turn. The dealer's double draw is referred to as "Chon-Chon".
Bashogime
「場所決め」
Before a game can begin, the relative seating positions of the four players must be determined. This process is known as Bashogime which means literally "location decision".
Karagiri
「空切り」
Karagiri is when you draw a tile and then discard an identical tile from within your hand. This creates the impression that you are still building your hand when perhaps it is already at a very advanced state of completion or even Tenpai. Literally, empty discard.
Agari no Katachi
「あがりの形」
The required form for a win (Agari no Katachi) is a completed hand of tiles composed of four sets and one pair, although two exceptions to this rule are permitted.
Dabuton, Dabunan
「ダブ東, ダブ单」
Dabu Ton is double east and Dabu Nan is double south. Since Japanese mahjong is played over only two rounds - with round-winds of east and south respectively - you won't usually see double wind in west or north.
Somete, Isshokute
「染め手, 一色手」
Collective terms used to refer to Yaku containing a single suit, i.e. Honitsu and Chinitsu.
Hikkake Riichi
「引っ掛けリーチ」
Hikkake Riichi is when you call Riichi upon discarding one of the end tiles on a "Ryankan" form; an example would be if you had the three tiles 4_6_8 in the same suit and called Riichi discarding the 4.
Hadaka Tanki
「裸卖騎 / ハダカ卖騎」
Hadaka Tanki is literally a "naked" (i.e. exposed) Tanki wait where you have four open sets which leaves a single concealed tile to match for your pair.
Urame
「裏目」
Urame means "backfire" and can refer in mahjong to a situation where you made an unlucky choice, for example if you had an inefficient 7_9 taatsu and decided to discard the 9 but then immediately drew an 8 tile in the same suit.