Big list of Japanese Mahjong terminology
April 3rd, 2009 by UmaiKeikiYo, this is UmaiKeiki once again. This post comes at the request of MOUIKKAI who wanted some kind of glossary of basic game terms so we can translate stuff.
This probably came about because Osamu and Fukuchi-sensei read each other's blogs and discovered how English and Japanese abbreviate three-player mahjong:
三人麻雀 = 三麻 (sanma)
3-player mahjong = 3p
I'll also try to include a list of common English terms that differ from the Japanese. Obviously I can only include the most common words or else this post would never end...
