predicting another player's winning tile or yaku
Mahjong term: a player's read or prediction of what tile or yaku an opponent needs to win. Often used when a player avoids discarding a tile because they suspect it would complete an opponent's hand.
His read on the opponent's winning tile was sharp, so he held back the dangerous tile.
Infer the opponent's winning tile through a one-tile read.
Compound of 一点 (one tile/point) and 読み (reading/prediction), referring to the mahjong skill of reading an opponent's hand to predict a specific winning tile or yaku.