| Chi |
「チー」 |
To steal a tile from the player on your left to a three-straight. |
Chonbo |
「チョンボ」 |
A player who violates the rules so that a re-deal is necessary pays the other players a penalty sum worth Mangan. |
| Dora |
「ドラ」 |
The random tile(s) that each are worth an extra Han. |
| Han/Fu |
「翻／府」 |
The scale by which hands are graded (ie. a hand worth 3 Han 40 Fu) |
| Kan |
「槓」 |
To add the fourth tile to a three-of-a-kind set. |
| Pon |
「ポン」 |
To steal a tile from someone to a three-of-a-kind set. |
| Ron |
「ロン」 |
To win by finishing with the last tile someone discarded. The player who discarded the winning tile pays the winner everything. |
| Tenpai |
「聴牌」 |
To be one tile away from a finished hand. |
| Tsumo |
「ツモ」 |
To win by drawing the last tile from the wall. You win a certain percent of money from each player. |
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| Reach |
「立直」 |
You declare that you're one tile away from a finished hand. This locks your hand down. (1 Han) |
| Ippatsu |
「一発」 |
This is awarded when you win on the first four turns after declaring Reach. A Pon/Chi/Kan from another player cancels Ippatsu. (1 Han) |
| Pinfu |
「平和」 |
Your hand is composed of 4 three-straights and a valueless pair. The winning tile is required to finish a two-sided wait. "The basic hand." (1 Han) |
| Tanyao |
「断幺九」 |
A hand composed of only inside (numbers 2-8) tiles. (1 Han) |
| Iipeiko |
「一盃口」 |
A hand with two identical three-straights. (1 Han) |
| Chanta |
「全帯幺九」 |
All sets contain terminals or honours. (2 Han) |
| Junchan |
「純全帯幺九」 |
All sets contain terminals. (3 Han) |
| Sanshiki / Sanshoku |
「三色同順」 |
A hand with three three-straights of the same numerical sequence, one of each suit. (2 Han) |
| Ittsu |
「一通貫」 |
A hand with three consecutive three-straights of the same suit. (2 Han) |
| Chi Toitsu |
「七対子」 |
Hand with seven different pairs. (2 Han) |
| Honitsu |
「混一色」 |
Hand with tiles from only one of the three suits, in combination with honours. (3 Han) |
| Chinitsu |
「清一色」 |
Hand composed entirely of tiles from only one of the three suits. (6 Han) |
| Kokushi Muso |
「国士無双」 |
Hand with one of each of the 13 different terminal and honour tiles plus one extra terminal or honour tile. (13 Han) |
| Daisangen |
「大三元」 |
A hand with three three-of-a-kind sets of the three Color tiles. (13 Han) |
| Su Anko |
「四暗刻」 |
A concealed hand with four concealed three-of-a-kind sets. (13 Han) |
| Shosushi |
「小四喜」 |
A hand with three three-of-a-kind sets of winds of and a pair of
winds. (13 Han) |
| Daisushi |
「大四喜」 |
A hand with four three-of-a-kind sets of winds. (13 Han or Double Yakuman, depending on the rules) |
| Churen Poto |
「九連宝燈」 |
A hand consisting of the tiles 1112345678999 in the
same suit plus any one extra tile of the same suit. (13 Han) |
| Ryu Iso |
「緑一色」 |
A Hand composed entirely of green tiles: 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 Sou and Hatsu. (13 Han) |
| Tsu Iso |
「字一色」 |
A hand composed entirely of honour tiles. (13 Han) |
| Tenho |
「天和」 |
The dealer wins on his first turn. (13 Han) |
| Chiho |
「地和」 |
A non-dealer player wins on his first turn. (13 Han) |
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