Etymology

1-shanten

Today it means: Of a mahjong hand: one tile away from reaching tenpai. Full definition →

English shanten ← Japanese 向聴
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  1. Japanese一向聴
  2. Japanese向聴
  3. Englishshanten
  4. English today1-shanten

Calque of Japanese 一向聴 (iishanten).

Words from the same roots

Japanese一向聴 all →

iishanten

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.