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

Nounscore sheet

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

Nounwall; wall tiles

Nounstarting tiles; initial hand; dealt tiles

Nountiles in one's hand

Nounhaving too many tiles on one's hand

Nounpai gow (Chinese gambling game played with dominoes)

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

Nounpaifang (Chinese architectural arch or gateway)

Nounbone tile (e.g. for Chinese dominoes)

Nounwall; wall tiles

Nounmortuary chapel

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

Nounmahjong tile

Nounsite of a Buddhist mortuary tablet

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