Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Japanese, countable, uncountable)A yaku (scoring condition) and 1000-point bet made by declaring the hand to be ready, waiting for one more tile to win.

  2. (Japanese, countable, uncountable)A call for such a bet.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Being one symbol away from getting a jackpot, usually triggering an animation before the final symbol is revealed.

Origin

From Japanese 立直 (rīchi), from Chinese 立直 (lìzhí).

From Japanese 立直 (rīchi), from Chinese 立直 (lìzhí).

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Forms

plural: riichis
Singularriichi
Pluralriichis

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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