Riichi Mahjong Words Crash Course | Beginner's Guide

Confused by Riichi Mahjong terminology? Japanese and English terms are constantly mixed together, creating what I like to call “Jonglish.” Learn the terminology so you can spend less time figuring out what the pros are saying and more time understanding what they're doing. #mahjongsoul #riichimahjong -------------------------------------------------------------- Riichi Mahjong Resources Wiki: https://riichi.wiki/Main_Page Book: https://dainachiba.github.io/RiichiBo... Music: Training Stage - Street Fighter 4 Harmony - Mahjong Soul Mahjong Tile Images: Created by FluffyStuff (Public Domain / CC0 1.0) https://github.com/FluffyStuff/riichi... -------------------------------------------------------------- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 -- Intro 00:33 -- Disclaimer 01:03 -- SECTION 0 - Quick Game Summary 01:32 -- SECTION 1 - Player States 01:35 -- Seat Wind (Jikaze) 01:50 -- Dealer (Oya) 02:03 -- Player Seats 02:13 -- SECTION 2 - Round and Game States 02:16 -- East-South Game (Tonnansen) 02:28 -- East Wind Game (Tonpuusen) 02:38 -- Half Game (Hanchan) 02:47 -- Round/Prevailing Wind (Bakaze) 02:58 -- Hand of Play (Kyoku) 03:09 -- SECTION 3 - Tiles 03:12 -- Numbered Tiles (Shuupai) 04:10 -- Simple Tiles (Chunchanhai) 04:18 -- Terminal Tiles (Routouhai) 04:26 -- Wind Tiles (Kazehai) 04:50 -- Dragon Tiles (Sangenpai) 05:12 -- Honor Tiles (Jihai) 05:18 -- Non-Simple Tiles (Yaochuuhai) 05:24 -- SECTION 4 - Tile Groups 05:27 -- Pair (Toitsu) 05:31 -- Triplet (Kotsu) 05:37 -- Quad (Kantsu) 05:43 -- Sequence (Shuntsu) 05:52 -- Meld (Mentsu) 06:03 -- SECTION 5 - Tile States 06:05 -- Seat/Player Wind Tiles (Jikazehai) 06:20 -- Prevailing/Round Wind Tiles (Bakazehai) 06:33 -- Value Tiles (Yakuhai) 06:56 -- Off-Wind Tiles (Otakazehai) 07:13 -- Dora Tiles 07:36 -- Dora Indicator Tiles 08:28 -- Hidden Dora (Uradora) 08:45 -- Red Dora (Akadora) 08:59 -- Winning Tiles (Agarihai) 09:12 -- Safe Tiles (Anzenhai) 09:22 -- Guaranteed Safe Tile (Genbutsu) 09:29 -- Open and Closed Melds and Pairs 09:49 -- SECTION 6 - Hand States 09:51 -- Open and Closed Hands 10:09 -- Winning Hand 10:28 -- Ready Hand (Tenpai) 10:33 -- Shanten 10:47 -- Furiten 10:09 -- Discard Furiten 11:23 -- Temporary Furiten 12:04 -- Riichi Furiten 12:21 -- SECTION 7 - Calls 12:23 -- Riichi (call) 12:41 -- Chii 13:41 -- Pon 14:04 -- Kan 14:20 -- Open Kan (Daiminkan) 14:45 -- Closed Kan (Ankan) 15:01 -- Added Kan (Kakan) 15:06 -- Ron 15:31 -- Tsumo (call) 15:36 -- Call Priority 15:46 -- SECTION 8 - Waits 15:49 -- Wait (Machi) 16:04 -- Tile Acceptance (Ukeire) 16:13 -- Side Wait (Ryanmen) 16:34 -- Closed Wait (Kanchan) 16:56 -- Edge Wait (Penchan) 17:22 -- Pair Wait (Tanki) 17:37 -- Dual Pair Wait (Shanpon) 18:01 -- SECTION 9 - Scoring 18:14 -- Han 18:53 -- Fu 19:07 -- SECTION 10 - Yakus 19:13 -- Yaku 19:36 -- Closed Tsumo (yaku) 19:52 -- Riichi (yaku) 19:58 -- Double Riichi 20:11 -- Ippatsu 20:31 -- All Aimples (Tanyao) 20:41 -- Pinfu 20:52 -- Yakuhai (yaku) 21:03 -- Dragons (yaku) 21:07 -- Seat Wind (yaku) 21:10 -- Round Wind (yaku) 21:17 -- Little Three Dragons (Shousangen) 21:37 -- Pure Double Sequence (Iipeikou) 21:46 -- Twice Pure Double Sequence (Ryanpeikou) 22:04 -- Pure Straight (Ittsuu) 22:22 -- Half Outside (Chanta) 22:42 -- Fully Outside (Junchan) 22:55 -- Mixed Triple Sequence (Sanshoku) 23:08 -- Triple Triplets (Sanshoku doukou) 23:56 -- All Triplets (Toitoi) 23:39 -- Three Concealed Triplets (Sanankou) 24:53 -- Seven Pairs (Chiitoi) 25:10 -- Half Flush (Honitsu) 25:22 -- Full Flush (Chinitsu) 25:34 -- Outro