Vocabulary

interest in baseball

edible dormouse (Glis glis); fat dormouse

common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius); hazel dormouse

mahjong player; mahjong enthusiast

kong; four-of-a-kind

forming a four-of-a-kind; declaring a kong

turning a concealed pung into an open kong by calling another player's discard

declaring a concealed kong; forming a concealed four-of-a-kind

forming a kong by adding a tile drawn from the wall to a declared pung

forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to an open three-of-a-kind

calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand)

seat wind

tiles matching one's seat wind

tile matching the round wind

tiles matching the round wind

tiles matching the round wind

value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles

kind; sort; type

tiles matching both the round wind and one's seat wind

pung (or kong) of east tiles when east is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

pung (or kong) of south tiles when south is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

pung (or kong) of west tiles when west is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

pung (or kong) of north tiles when north is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles

giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles

discarding somewhat safe tiles while still trying to win a hand

win worth 18000 points as dealer

tanyao (winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles); all simples

having no end tiles or honor tiles and pinfu (common pair of melds)

combination of rīchi, tanyao, and pinfu (common trio of yaku)

chow; three-in-a-row

wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand

wait for the middle tile of a chow

one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9)

one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9)

three concealed pungs

wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand

wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand

waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds completed

waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand while the rest of one's hand is exposed; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds exposed