List: mahjong
Terms used in mahjong, a game for four players that was created in China.
gairaigo Chinese origin rarely used kanji form mahjong noun noun (generic)
- win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)
gairaigo Chinese origin mahjong noun noun (generic)
- one full game (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds)
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- mahjong parlour, mahjong parlor
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- mahjong table
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- winning hand with the score doubled twice
gairaigo Chinese origin search-only kanji form colloquial noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb mahjong
- repeated events (e.g. meetings, drinking sessions), series of events, streak, straight
- dealer continuing as dealer and east after winning, dealer keep
yojijukugo noun noun (generic) mahjong
- distinguished person
- thirteen orphans, winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them
mahjong godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb colloquial
- to become one tile away from completion
- to be at one's wits' end, to be about to blow one's fuse
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone mahjong noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- tenpai, fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)
gairaigo Chinese origin mahjong noun noun (generic) colloquial usually written using kana alone
- white dragon tile
- shaved pubic area, person with little or no pubic hair