ツモ

noun

drawing a tile from the wall

In mahjong, the act of drawing a tile from the wall during your turn. Often used in phrases like ツモる (to draw) or ツモ切り (discarding the drawn tile).

from Chinese zìmō

• 自じ分ぶんの番ばんになったら、山やまから牌はいをツモる。

  When it's your turn, you draw a tile from the wall.

noun

winning with a self-drawn tile

Winning a hand by drawing the winning tile yourself, as opposed to claiming a discard (ロン). Often exclaimed as 「ツモ！」 when declaring a win.

• リーチ一いっ発ぱつツモ！

  Riichi, ippatsu, tsumo! (Declaring a win on the first draw after declaring riichi.)

noun

winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed

Abbreviation of 門前清自摸和 (menzenchin tsumohō), a yaku (scoring combination) for winning on a self-drawn tile with a fully concealed hand (no open melds).

See also: 門前清自摸和

• 門前めんぜんでツモると、門前清めんぜんちん自摸つも和ほーの一いー飜はんが付つく。

  If you win by self-draw with a concealed hand, you get the menzenchin tsumohō yaku worth one han.