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緑発 (リューファ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

緑発りゅーふぁ

Meanings

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noun

green dragon tile

mahjong

Mahjong tile; one of the three dragon tiles. The name comes from Chinese lǜ fā (緑發).

from Chinese lǜ fā

緑りゅー発ふぁを捨すてるかどうか迷まよった。
I hesitated over whether to discard the green dragon tile.

Written forms

緑発りゅーふぁ
Standard kanji spelling for the green dragon tile in mahjong.
緑發りゅーふぁ
out-dated kanji form
Variant using the older kanji 發; marked as out-dated.

Kanji

緑green
発departure, discharge, publish
發

departure, publish, emit

Similar words

白板ぱいぱん
White dragon tile; another dragon tile in mahjong.
紅中ほんちゅん
Red dragon tile; the third dragon tile in mahjong.

Etymology

From Chinese 緑發 (lǜ fā), meaning 'green dragon' in mahjong. The kanji 發 is often replaced with 発 in modern Japanese.