トリプルリーチ

noun

triple riichi; one away from winning with three possible winning tiles

Mahjong term: a hand that is one tile away from winning (tenpai) and has three different tiles that would complete it, declared on the first turn. The English gloss describes it as 'being one step away from victory, with three paths to achieve it'.

• 配はい牌ぱいでトリプルリーチを宣せん言げんした。

  I declared triple riichi on my starting hand.

• トリプルリーチは非ひ常じょうに珍めずらしい役やくだ。

  Triple riichi is a very rare yaku.