predicting another player's winning tile or yaku
Mahjong term: a player's read or prediction of what tile or yaku an opponent needs to win. Often used when a player avoids discarding a tile because they suspect it would complete an opponent's hand.
彼の一点読みが冴えて、危険牌を止めた。
His read on the opponent's winning tile was sharp, so he held back the dangerous tile.
一点読みで相手の待ちを推理する
Infer the opponent's winning tile through a one-tile read.
Compound of 一点 (one tile/point) and 読み (reading/prediction), referring to the mahjong skill of reading an opponent's hand to predict a specific winning tile or yaku.