quickly reversed cut (sword technique)
A sword technique where the blade is quickly reversed to strike, named after the swallow's agile flight.
Sasaki Kojirō's Tsubame Gaeshi is a famous sword technique.
swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversal
A judo counter technique that mimics the swallow's sudden turn; also called 'swallow flight reversal'.
Tsubame Gaeshi is one of the counter techniques in judo.
swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (mahjong cheating)
A mahjong cheating technique where a player secretly swaps their hand with tiles from the bottom row of the nearest wall.
Tsubame Gaeshi is a type of mahjong cheating where you swap your hand with the wall tiles.
completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile (mahjong)
In mahjong, completing a hand by taking an opponent's discarded tile after they declared riichi; considered a skillful or lucky move.
I completed my hand with a Tsubame Gaeshi using the riichi declarer's discard.