The story
- Chinese · derived from立直
- Japanese · borrowed from立直
- English todayriichi
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
riichi
Today it means: A yaku (scoring condition) and 1000-point bet made by declaring the hand to be ready, waiting for one more tile to win. Full definition →
Japanese 立直 ← Chinese 立直