popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb mahjong
- to make a payment via bank deposit transfer
- to discard another player's winning tile
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation mahjong
- one copy (of a document), one letter
- one-way traffic
- pure straight, winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
popular JLPT N1 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb mahjong
- to start, to begin, to commence
- to challenge, to pick (a fight), to make (war), to draw (a reaction) from
- to set (traps), to plant (explosives), to lay (mines)
- to make a meld call
popular noun noun (generic) mahjong card games
- palm (of one's hand)
- skill
- (in one's) grip, (under one's) control, (in one's) pocket
- one's (concealed) intentions, one's cards, one's scheme
- one's hand
popular noun noun (generic) obsolete term mahjong
- yakitori, chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
- grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow)
- failing to win a single hand during a half-game
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) abbreviation mahjong
- three colours, three colors
- triple run, winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits
- triple pung, winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) mahjong
- loading (of cargo, freight, etc.)
- stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) stock market card games mahjong physics psychology
- place, spot, space
- field, discipline, sphere, realm
- occasion, situation
- scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
- session
- field, table, area in which cards are laid out (in a card game)
- round (east, south, etc.)
- field
- field (in Gestalt psychology)
popular JLPT N5 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb mahjong
- to make sound (of an animal), to call, to cry, to whine, to sing, to chirp
- to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
gairaigo Chinese origin popular noun noun (generic) mahjong
- face, honour, honor
- meld
- lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game)
- attendees (e.g. at a meeting), members, participants