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燕返しツバメ返しつばめ返し燕返 [sK]
つばめがえし
1. [n]
▶ quickly reversed cut (sword technique)
2. [n] {martial arts}
▶ swallow counter (judo technique)
▶ swallow flight reversal
3. [n] {mahjong}
▶ swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique)
4. [n] {mahjong}
▶ completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile



History:
7. A 2023-12-24 00:21:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think I'll try it.
6. A* 2023-12-23 22:56:54  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
The idea is that, during the tile shuffling between rounds, you hide the tiles you that you want underneath your palms while pretending to shuffle the tiles. Then when everyone begins building their sides of the wall, you place your winning tiles in the bottom row of your side. Then after you have drawn your legitimate hand tiles from the wall normally, you stealthily swap your legitimate hand with the bottom row of your wall. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHYkU3WX0ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0JBvkJu1_U

This is also the name of a seldomly used mahjong yaku.
https://riichi.wiki/Local_yaku#Tsubame_gaeshi
  Diff:
@@ -33 +33,6 @@
-<gloss>cheating technique</gloss>
+<gloss>swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<field>&mahj;</field>
+<gloss>completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile</gloss>
5. A 2023-12-19 22:53:34  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -25,0 +26 @@
+<field>&MA;</field>
4. A 2023-12-18 23:35:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ルミナス too.
3. A* 2023-12-14 16:44:50 
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/麻雀の不正行為#燕返し
  Diff:
@@ -28,0 +29,5 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<field>&mahj;</field>
+<gloss>cheating technique</gloss>
+</sense>
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