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和了り (あがり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

和あ了がり

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Meanings

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noun

winning a hand (mahjong)

mahjong

Mahjong term for completing a winning hand. Compare 上がり (sense 5) for general 'finish' or 'rise', and 和了 (ホーラ) for the Chinese-derived reading.

See also: 上がり · 和了 (ホーラ)

彼かれはリーチ一いっ発ぱつで和あ了がりを決きめた。
He won the hand with a one-shot riichi.
和あ了がり牌はいを引ひいて、見み事ごとに役やく満まんを達たっ成せいした。
He drew the winning tile and brilliantly achieved a yakuman.

Written forms

和あ了がり
Standard mahjong term for winning a hand; uses the kanji 和了 with okurigana り.
和あがり
Abbreviated spelling sometimes seen in mahjong contexts.
和あがり
Variant with extra okurigana; less common.

Kanji

和harmony, Japanese style, peace
了complete, finish

Similar words

上あがり
General term for finishing, rising, or completion; sense 5 overlaps with 'winning' in games but is broader.
和了ほーら
Same meaning but uses the Chinese-derived reading; often used in rulebooks or formal mahjong contexts.

Etymology

The reading あがり is the nominalized form of 上がる (to rise, to finish). The kanji 和了 are ateji borrowed from Chinese mahjong terminology, where they mean 'harmony' and 'completion'.