Nounkaruta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

Noun, Countertile

Nounmedal; shield; badge · card on which dharani (etc.) are written · notice board (in a Zen temple)

NounBuddhist mortuary tablet

Noun, Suru verbidentifying a piece by touch

Noungold medal; gold badge

Nounbronze medal; copper medal

Nounsilver medal; silver badge

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbtenpai; fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion)

Nounmahjong tile

Nounsafe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent · no-risk choice; easily handled person

Nounplaying cards · mahjong tiles made of animal bone

Nounhonor tiles

Nounshuffling of tiles · cleaning mahjong tiles

Nounsuited tiles

Noun, Suru verbdiscarding a tile

Nounvalue honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles · winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor

Nounflower tile

Nounwind tiles

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

Nountiles in a player's hand

Noundead wall

Nounwall tiles; wall

Nounstarting tiles; initial hand; dealt tiles

Nounhaving too many tiles on one's hand

Nountile that has not been discarded once yet

Nounpaper card; paper note

Noun, Suru verbsorting one's tiles

Nounbamboo tile; tile made out of bamboo

Nounhanafuda

Nounwhite dragon tile

Nounbone tile (e.g. for Chinese dominoes)

Nounwall; wall tiles

Nounsafe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent · no-risk choice; easily handled person

Nounmahjong tile

Noundragon tiles

Nounreplacement tile drawn after declaring a kong

Nountiles matching one's seat wind

Nountile matching the round wind

Nountiles matching the round wind

Nountiles matching both the round wind and one's seat wind · pung (or kong) of these tiles (meld)

Noundiscarded tiles

Nounterminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9

Nounwind tiles

Noundora tile; special tile that increases the han value of a hand

Nountile accidentally or mistakenly shown to other players

Nounfour-color cards (Chinese playing cards); four-suited chess cards

Nountile discarded and turned sideways after declaring rīchi

Nounfloating tile; unused tile; tile not part of a meld