Japanese mahjong yaku pdf files

Write a usage hint or an example and help to improve our dictionary. These yaku are the ones my japanese friends play with, and basically represent the commonly used japanese rule set. Japanese mahjong scoring rules are used for japanese mahjong, a game for four players common in japan. A player who has at least one yaku, can always declare mahjong, even if he is furiten. Hands yaku japanese mahjong riichi innovate infinitely. Dec 31, 2015 as a way to finish up the year, i am going to upload the yaku sheets that i have made in the last couple of years. Riichi 1 fan when your hand is ready and fully concealed, you can call riichi. Online games and discussions revolve around many different mahjong rule sets, but the japanese variant, riichi, always seemed to have a special status and particularly enthusiastic followers, likely inspired by japans professional riichi players, the only mahjong pros in the world. I will go over scoring in depth in a future post, but take a look at these packets for now. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.

A player can claim the last discard for mahjong if he is waiting, has at least one yaku and is not furiten, no mat ter whether the tile finishes a pung, chow or pair. Thirteen orphans is a limit hand that consists of one of each terminal and honor tile. Essentially, what we need is a japanese guide to learning japanese grammar. The minipoints fu are then rounded up to the nearest multiple of 10. Japanese mahjong mahjong online free mahjong games. Instead, they are the main factor to determine hand values. To achieve that, the rulesets of the following organizations have been considered while writing the wrcr. If the wait is on all thirteen possible tiles, the hand is pure, otherwise, the hand is impure.

Unlike poker, yaku types do not supercede each other. If there is more than one winner, the player closest to the discard collects the riichi bets. My japanese mahjong guides full pdf guide and primer for. It offers a real game of japanese mahjong against three other players led by the computer.

If your pdf reader software lacks that functionality it might instead let you open. Yaku conditions may be combined to produce hands of greater value. While im here i figured i should share my guides to japanese mahjong. This is because some yaku are simply impossible due to the reduced tile set. A player must have a minimum of one yaku in their hand in order to legally win.

The 3 player sheet has some differences in the yaku compared to the 4 player version. Japanese mahjong aka reach mahjong riichi pdf files for rules. In japanese mahjong, yaku is a condition that determines the value of the players hand. Past events melbourne mahjong meetup group melbourne. Romajidesu japanese dictionary kanji dictionary japanese translator new. The above list is generally considered as the standard yaku, including the yakuman. Romance of the three kingdoms book pdf riichi modern japanese mahjong has been introduced. In japanese mahjong, you need to have a yaku a special scoring element, which. If you have five or more yaku in your hand you must use the limit hands chart below. If a hand is worth more than 12 yaku only up to a yakuman. In light of the current covid19 situation the melbourne mahjong meetup organisers have made the difficult decision to suspend meetups at least until the end of april for the safety of our members.

Many yaku are patternbased yaku comparable to poker hands. Two yakuman earned when wait for a 19 tile called junsei chuuren poutou. They are by no means entirely complete, but anyone with some exposure to mahjong terminology and yaku should be able to understand them. Originally, this file was created in an attempt to learn building pdf files with latex.

Rarely seen in the united states, this game set is for the japanese version of mahjong. Yaku lists xgeos mahjong blog experiences with japanese. The winner of the hand will also collect any riichi bets on the table. Instead, the mahjong article only has a sentence or two of it in its variations section. It is essential to know the yaku for game strategy, since a player must have a minimum of one yaku in their hand in order to legally win a hand. Japanese riichi mahjong is arguably the most highly refined set of rules for mahjong, and is the only ruleset with an organized league of professional players. A japanese guide to learning japanese grammar this guide is an attempt to systematically build up the grammatical structures that make up the japanese language in a way that makes sense in japanese. In terms of scoring, the number of yakuman in the hand serves as a multiplier to the base yakuman point value. Han example hands yaku japanese mahjong riichi churen poto nine gates a hand composed of 1112345678999 of one suit plus one tile 19 of the same suit. I found this article through a link in the saki manga article about rinshan kaihou. This article about yaku links to the mahjong article, but not vice versa.

A yaku is a certain pattern in a mahjong hand, or a special condition under which a win is declared. Multiple yakuman involve hands with more than one yakuman, as the name implies. Japanese mahjong, yaku is a specific combination of tiles that increases the value of the players hand. The following text is largely based on the instruction manual for activisions. All comments, errors, additions, to philippe lamat. If this discard is claimed for mahjong, the riichideclaration doesnt take effect. Yaku are hand patterns andor luck situations in richi mahjong. While the basic rules to the game are retained, the variation features a unique set of rules such as richi and the use of dora. Japanese riichi yaku list hand composition yaku all simples tanyao 1 hand must not contain terminals, or 1s or 9s triplet of dragons, round wind, or seat wind yakuhai 1 per triplet three color sequence sanshoku doujun 1 open, 2 closed same sequence in every suit two. Japanese mahjong is a multiplayer version of mahjong also known as riichi mahjong. I know ive just been watching the saki series of mahjong anime and it seems like memorizing yaku and scoring are like the baseline for that level of competetive play. Koreanjapanese online mahjong challenge posted in events, tournament comments are closed the korean mahjong league reports that the april 24th competition between korea and japan was a success.

This page was last edited on 20 october 2019, at 18. Yaku pai 1 fan triplet of dragon or round wind or position wind. Japanese riichi mahjong set, white tiles with black vinyl. While regular yaku may be stacked in one hand to raise value, the same can be done with different yakuman, where applicable. All tiles must be selfdrawn except for the last tile. It is on a convenient 8 12 x 11 doublesided sheet that can be folded and kept during the game for reference. Riichi, is a characteristic feature of japanese mahjong. Standardize the riichi rules in the context of the european mahjong association. Riichi modern japanese mahjong was introduced independently in several european. Mahjong on a discard ron aplayercanclaimthelastdiscardfor mahjong if he is waiting, has at least one yaku and is not furiten, no matter whether the tile. Various house rules may opt to use some of these yaku on their own. It now includes point tables, and many exceptions and extra rules. World riichi rules japanese riichi mahjong for all skill levels.

Japanese riichi yaku list hand composition yaku all simples tanyao 1 hand must not contain terminals, or 1s or 9s triplet of dragons, round wind. However, the game offers an even larger array of tile patterns. Dec 01, 2015 a short series of posts i am doing about all the commonstandard yaku in japanese mahjong since there are 25 yaku not including yakuman. Japanese mahjong makes use of riichi scoring rules, and a unique tile called the dora tile which throws an element of luck and uncertainty into the game. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. To win a hand, besides it being a complete hand, it must have at least one scoring element. This is a very loose page for describing game play, the hands, or yaku, in mah jong or mah jongg as it is sometimes spelled. Other more suitable yaku have been substituted in these cases. But ive been able to reach rank 7 on tenhou without having to memorize as much and i can definately tell my mahjongg is improving so i just need to give it time and practice.

The format of this yaku does not count iipeikou when three pairs are in. It is permissible to declare riichi when a player is furiten. When we decide to get really down, here is our cheat sheet for chinese international style mahjong, with all 81 hands. World riichi championship rules 433 1 preface the world riichi championship rules cannot be called to be a worldwide rule if not based on competition rules used by major organizations around the world. The rules were organized in the taisho to showa period as the game became popular. Riichi mahjong modern japanese mahjong is a game of skill and luck, sharing some similarities with rummy and poker. At mahjong flash, youll find mostly mahjong solitaire games, yet let us not forget that the chinese traditional mahjong is played with four players and the same for many asian variations like japanese mahjong. The fourteenth tile can be any other terminal or honor tile. A new player may find it easiest to avoid opening their hand and simply aim for riichi every time. Japanese riichi mahjong jpml rules b riichi mahjong is also sometimes called dora majan, japanese modern mahjong, reach mahjong, and riichi majan. This modern variant is commonly played in europe and used with the european mahjong association. Learn chinese mahjong rules and you can play against other players 247. Meaning of yaku in japanese romajidesu japanese dictionary.