[やく, yaku] (n, n-suf) (1) use; service; role; (2) post; position; (3) scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand; (P) #287
[チャン, chan] (suf, ctr) counter for games of mahjongg (chi #2883
[ぱい, pai] (n) tile (mah-jongg) #4945
[まあじゃん(P);まぜじゃん;マージャン(P), maajan (P); mazejan ; ma-jan (P)] (n) mah-jongg (chi #4986
[ri-chi] (n) (1) reach; (2) leech; (3) (See 立直) being one step away from completing a game, esp. mahjong (winning, losing, game over, etc.); (P) #10301
[てんほう;テンホー, tenhou ; tenho-] (n) mahjong hand in which the dealer goes out immediately #18459
[gameru ; game ru] (v1, vt) (1) to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); (2) to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
[tetsuman] (n) all-night Mah Jongg
[dora] (n) (abbr) (See ドラゴン) mah-jongg tile that doubles the score of any hand (or the rule set that includes these tiles)
[あんぜんぱい(安全牌);あんぜんパイ(安全パイ), anzenpai ( anzenpai ); anzen pai ( anzen pai )] (n) (1) mahjong tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; (2) no-risk choice; easily handled person
[あんぱい, anpai] (n) (1) 'safe' tile in mahjong (one that won't be taken up by other players if discarded); (2) someone that can be safely ignored (e.g. in some competitive situation)
[イーシャンテン, i-shanten] (n) (See 聴牌) "fishing" in mahjong (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)
[イーチャン, i-chan] (n) (See 半荘) one full game of mahjong (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds) (chi
[はいていらおゆえ, haiteiraoyue] (n) Haitei winning hand in mahjong; winning on the last tile drawn from the wall; scooping the moon from the bottom of the sea
[くんみんせいおん, kunminseion] (n) Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul (Hangul) alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun (Enmun)
[こくしむそう, kokushimusou] (n) (1) distinguished person; (2) Thirteen Orphans (high-scoring mahjong hand)
[こっぱい, koppai] (n) (1) playing cards; (2) mahjong tiles made of animal bone
[ソーズ, so-zu] (n) (See 万子) bamboo tiles (in mahjong)
[さんげんぱい, sangenpai] (n) dragon tiles (mah-jongg)
[サンチャ, sancha] (n) non-dealer (in mahjongg) (chi
[つーぱい;じはい, tsu-pai ; jihai] (n) Honor tiles (in mahjong)
[すうぱい, suupai] (n) suited tiles (mah-jongg)
[じゃんき, janki] (n) skilled mah-jongg player
[じゃんきゅう, jankyuu] (n) jankyu (combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong)
[じゃんそう, jansou] (n) mahjong club
[じゃんたく, jantaku] (n) mahjong board
[じゃんぱい, janpai] (n) (abbr) (See 麻雀牌) Mah Jong tile; Mah Jong tiles
[せんぱい, senpai] (n) shuffling of tiles (e.g. in mah-jongg)
[テンパイ, tenpai] (n, vs) "fishing" in mahjong (i.e. needing one more tile for completion) (chi
[ピンズ;トンズ(筒子), pinzu ; tonzu ( pinzu )] (n) dot tiles (in mahjong); circle tiles
[ハンチャン, hanchan] (n) half-game of mahjong consisting of an east and south round (chi
[まあじゃんや;まぜじゃんや, maajanya ; mazejanya] (n) mah-jongg parlour; mah-jongg parlor; mahjong parlour; mahjong parlor
[まあじゃんうち(麻雀打ち);マージャンうち(マージャン打ち), maajan'uchi ( majan uchi ); ma-jan uchi ( ma-jan uchi )] (n) mahjong player
[まあじゃんぱい, maajanpai] (n) Mah Jong tile; Mah Jong tiles
[マンズ;ワンズ, manzu ; wanzu] (n) character tiles (in mahjong)
[まんがん, mangan] (n) winning with the highest possible score (in mah-jongg) (mahjong); a win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)
[もうぱい, moupai] (n, vs) identifying a piece by touch in a mah-jongg game (mahjong)
[やくまん, yakuman] (n) (See 満貫) (mah-jongg) a win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)
[リーチ, ri-chi] (n) (uk) declaring that one is one tile away from winning in mahjong (chi