単たん騎き

noun

single horseman; lone rider

Historical or literary term for a lone mounted warrior. In modern contexts, it can be used figuratively for someone acting alone, but the base meaning is a single horseman.

• 彼かれは単たん騎きで敵てき陣じんに乗のり込こんだ。

  He rode alone into the enemy camp.

noun

waiting for a single tile to complete a pair and hand; waiting for half of a pair with four melds completed

Mahjong term: a tenpai state where the player needs one specific tile to complete the pair (head) and thus the whole hand, often with four melds already formed. The cross-reference 単騎待ち (たんきまち) is a related term.

See also: 単騎待ち (たんきまち)

• この手ては単たん騎きで待まっている。

  This hand is waiting on a single tile.