麻雀
Meanings
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mahjong
The tile-based game; the standard Japanese term. Loanword from Chinese májiàng.
from Chinese májiàng
On weekends I play mahjong with friends.
He is good at mahjong.
Usage patterns
- 麻雀を打つto play mahjong (colloquial verb choice)
I played mahjong with friends until morning.
- 麻雀卓を囲むto sit down together at the mahjong table
The four of us sat down at the mahjong table together for the first time in a while.
- 〈人〉と麻雀をするto play mahjong with someone
It was decided that I'd play mahjong with some coworkers.
- 徹夜で麻雀をするto play mahjong all night
Back in my student days, I often played mahjong all night long.