noun
green dragon tile
Abbreviation of 緑發 (ryūfā), the green dragon tile in mahjong. Used in tile names and hand descriptions.
See also: 緑發
彼は發を切って、發の対子を作った。
He discarded a green dragon tile and made a pair of green dragons.
noun
winning hand with a pung/kong of green dragons
A mahjong hand that includes a pung or kong of green dragon tiles, often as part of a specific yaku (役).
發の手は緑一色と複合することがある。
A hand with a pung of green dragons can sometimes combine with the all-green hand.
Full name for the green dragon tile; 発 is the common abbreviation.
Abbreviation of 緑發 (ryūfā), from Chinese mahjong terminology.