りいち

Japanese

Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of りいち – see the following entry.
【立直リーチ】
[noun] (mahjong) riichi, a 役(やく) (yaku, “scoring condition”) completed by declaring the hand to be 聴(てん)牌(ぱい) (tenpai, “ready”), waiting for one more tile to win; can potentially also score 一(いっ)発(ぱつ) (ippatsu) and 裏(うら)ドラ (uradora)
[noun] (mahjong) a call for such a ready hand, riichi
[noun] (by extension) the state of being one point or move away from victory
[noun] (hanafuda) being one card away from completing a 出(で)来(き)役(やく) (dekiyaku, “meld”)
[noun] (pachinko) being one symbol away from getting a jackpot, usually triggering an animation before the final symbol is revealed
[noun] (bingo) being one number away from getting a bingo
(This term, りいち (rīchi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Proper noun

りいち • (Riichi) 

  1. 利一: a male given name
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