jmdict 2863149 Active (id#2319693)
愚形
【 ぐけい 】
  1. [n] {mahjong}
    • shape which accepts few winning tiles
    • inefficient tile pattern
History:
    • A 2024-10-30 20:10:04 Jim Breen (id#2319693)
    • A* 2024-10-30 19:17:34 Stephen Kraus (id#2319691)
    • Comments
      Usually "wait" corresponds to the word 待ち and "shape" is used to translate 形 in mahjong terminology.
    • Refs
      I actually saved a note when I saw this word in a book in January 2021.

>> 親の赤１なので愚形残りでも即リーチで良い。
"It's okay to instantly riichi with a poor wait because you're the dealer with one red dora in hand"

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
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│ 愚形 │ 3,278 │
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    • Diff
      @@ -12 +12,3 @@
-<gloss>A wait with few winning tiles</gloss>
+<field>&mahj;</field>
+<gloss>shape which accepts few winning tiles</gloss>
+<gloss>inefficient tile pattern</gloss>
    • A* 2024-10-30 15:52:51 Sarah A. (id#2319687)
    • Comments
      Mahjong term, can be found in recent books and on the net
    • Refs
      https://mj-station.net/word/gukei/
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