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[n]
{mahjong}
▶ surplus tile ▶ tile that has become unnecessary to the advancement of a hand, particularly at the moment tenpai is attained
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2. | A 2022-04-07 21:27:12 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
1. | A* 2022-04-07 03:13:40 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | https://kinmaweb.jp/mahjong-yougo/ukihai https://www.weblio.jp/content/余剰牌 Google N-gram Corpus Counts 余剰牌 241 よじょうはい No matches |
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Comments: | This completes the trio with 浮き牌 and 孤立牌 This one almost seems obvious from the kanji, but I think the nuances of these three could be easily confused. |