"自摸" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [t͡sɨmo̞] Forms: 自摸 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), tsumo [romanization]
Etymology: Shift from tsūmō (see Etymology 2 below). Now the more-common reading, likely due to the rise of mahjong video games during the later half of the 20th century. Head templates: {{ja-noun|ツモ}} 自(ツ)摸(モ) • (tsumo)
  1. (mahjong) self-drawing the winning tile; also, a call for such a win Categories (topical): Mahjong
    Sense id: en-自摸-ja-noun-t5eAskFj Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 33 34 33 Topics: board-games, games, mahjong
  2. (mahjong, colloquial) Short for 門前清自摸和 (menzenchin tsumohō): a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) of self-draw and all closed melds, worth 1 翻 (han, “double”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial Alternative form of: 門前清自摸和 (extra: (menzenchin tsumohō): a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) of self-draw and all closed melds, worth 1 翻 (han, “double”)) Categories (topical): Mahjong
    Sense id: en-自摸-ja-noun-kVrLztcF Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 9 15 44 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 6 14 50 14 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 60 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 21 59 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 59 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 22 56 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 60 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 75 Topics: board-games, games, mahjong
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 自摸る (tsumoru) (ruby: 自摸(ツモ))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [t͡sɨːmo̞ː] Forms: 自摸 [canonical] (ruby: (ツー), (モー)), tsūmō [romanization]
Etymology: From Mandarin 自摸 (zìmō). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|自摸|zìmō}} 自摸 (zìmō) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ツーモー}} 自(ツー)摸(モー) • (tsūmō)
  1. (mahjong) self-drawing the winning tile; also, a call for such a win Categories (topical): Mahjong Related terms: (ron) (ruby: (ロン)), 和了 (agari) (ruby: 和了(あがり)), 門前聴牌 (menzen tenpai) (ruby: (メン), (ゼン), (テン), (パイ))
    Sense id: en-自摸-ja-noun-t5eAskFj1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 33 34 33 Topics: board-games, games, mahjong
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 自摸 meaning in Japanese (4.6kB)

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