noun
left-hand opponent; player to one's left
Mahjong term for the player sitting to one's left, from whom one draws tiles. Contrasts with 下家 (しもチャ, right-hand opponent) and 対面 (トイメン, opposite player).
from Chinese shàngjiā
See also: 下家 (しもチャ) · 対面 (トイメン)
上家が捨てた牌をチーした。
I called chii on the tile discarded by the player to my left.
上家の捨て牌をよく見て、自分の手を進めよう。
Watch the discards of the player to your left carefully and develop your own hand.
Refers to the player to one's right in mahjong, the opposite position from 上家.
Refers to the player sitting opposite oneself in mahjong, distinct from the left-hand (上家) and right-hand (下家) opponents.
Borrowed from Chinese 上家 (shàngjiā), literally 'upper house/family', adapted into Japanese mahjong terminology.