河
also: かわ
Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000
Meanings
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discarded tiles; discards
In mahjong, refers to the pool of tiles that players have discarded during play. The term is borrowed from Chinese hé.
from Chinese hé
He picked a safe tile from the discards.
Read the opponent's wait by looking at the discards.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉を河に捨てるto discard a tile into the pond
I discarded a tile I didn't need into the pond.
- 河を読むto read the discards to guess an opponent's hand
I advanced my hand by reading my opponent's discards.
- 河に牌が並ぶfor tiles to line up in the discard pond
More than ten tiles are lined up in the discard pond.