List: mahjong
Terms used in mahjong, a game for four players that was created in China.
gairaigo Chinese origin mahjong noun noun (generic)
- honor tiles
search-only kana form noun noun (generic) mahjong usually written using kana alone go (game)
- flying, leaping, flight, leap
- zero, naught, oh
- flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
- running out of points (zero or fewer), game ending due to a player running out of points
- jump
gairaigo Chinese origin mahjong suffix counter
- counter for games of mahjong
gairaigo Chinese origin mahjong noun noun (generic)
- dragon tiles
gairaigo Chinese origin mahjong noun noun (generic)
- shuffling of tiles
- cleaning mahjong tiles
gairaigo Chinese origin search-only kana form mahjong noun noun (generic)
- suited tiles
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- yakuman, win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
computing noun noun (generic) mahjong
- headless
- hand without a pair
noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone noh hanafuda mahjong prefix counter
- between (e.g. two people), face to face
- hindrance, impediment
- arrhythmic section of recitative
- playing with only 2 players
- prefix used for stress or emphasis
- counter for traditional dance songs
mahjong noun noun (generic)
- dora, special tile that increases the han value of a hand