Please do not make fun of my question. First, it was not specifically about what if someone screams \"There are fewer than 136 tiles visible!\" in English. One could certainly express this in Japanese. Second, it had to do with the cheating techniques, some of which involve hiding tiles in your hand...

What happens if someone screams that there are fewer than 136 tiles visible?

I could be wrong, but I believe that under JPML rules, you were not in tenpai.

Jenn (or Gemma), we need your help here.

Please go to the rules page and tell me what it says about riichi and tenpai. The rules page is here:
http://www.ma-jan.or.jp/guide/game_rule.php

So... was this chombo?

Yes, we are talking about the \"why are you being such a wuss and not going for the Thirteen Orphans\" redeal.

As last dealer, ever deliberately deal into a low-scoring hand just to end the game?

I think the \"janki\" in \"janki ryuu\" means something like \"mahjong devil\", which is fitting, since \"janki ryuu\" rules would be quite fitting for a mahjong parlor in Hell.

You have to have at least nine of the Thirteen Orphans.

I can\'t read Chinese, but I can tell they got the definition of hyakumangoku wrong.

Setokuma likes discarder-pays-all on ron and he also likes furiten. I wonder: what are his feelings on atozuke? Why is the discarder of the \"last\" tile considered \"responsible\" for a player winning? If a player has 3 or 4 melds from the same other player and wins on self-draw, why not have the p...

The second picture is mahjong tiles, but that\'s only one suit plus dragons: not good for mahjong, but great for baccarat.

Ask someone to translate the directions for you. Chances are the information is in there.

Once I brought my mahjong tiles to a Chinese restaurant, and a lady there showed me her version: 128 tiles (1-crak thru 9-crak 1-bam thru 9-bam 1-dot thru 9-dot and :east :south :west :north red-dra only), honors used as flowers, 16-tile hands (win on 17), and the 3 tiles matching the \"dora indicat...

I have noticed some misspellings in \"official\" mahjong docs, specifically: 1-crak 2-crak 3-crak 4-crak 5-crak 6-crak 7-crak 8-crak 9-crak 2-dot 2-dot 2-dot 5-bam 5-bam This yaku is called \"itsu\" in the European Riichi rules, which is a spelling error. I am sure that the correct spelling is \"itt...

Gemma, I read that you were without electricity because you were on a job. What kind of job?

This reminds me of the following from Tetsuya: East\'s initial 14 tiles: 1-crak 1-crak 1-crak 1-crak 2-crak 3-crak 4-crak 5-crak 6-crak 7-crak 8-crak 9-crak 9-crak 9-crak and he dies (as in \"departs this life\") Through my tears (I don\'t often cry at movies), I wondered: Would this score as: a) a ...