Section 1: Five yaku to start Yakuhai (1 han) “Bonus Tile Triplet” Mentioning the Japanese name ends up being the easiest way of having a short consistent way of referring to them. So, on to the yaku! I’ll be introducing each yaku with its Japanese name first - this may seem like a counterproductive approach for an introductory guide, but in many cases, the English-speaking world has done a fairly awkward, and sometimes inconsistent, job of coming up with translations for yaku names. Japanese mahjong prioritises going for a closed hand quite strongly, and some yaku are only valid if you keep your hand closed (except that you can call your final tile to win - ‘ ron’ - and this is still considered to be winning on a closed hand). A closed hand is one where you have not called (said ‘ chii ’, ‘ pon ’, ‘ kan’ ) to take any tiles from another player.At this point, it’s not really required to go beyond “more han => better”. Han is the score bonus that yaku give you - there are yaku worth 1 han, and yaku worth more, up to 6 han.A yaku is something about your hand of tiles which makes it more special, and so worth more points.Let’s start with just 5 yaku - but first, let’s confirm some terminology: In other words, don’t worry, you can start to learn, play, and enjoy Mahjong without needing to study all that up front. Additionally, quite a few of them are related, as “greater” and “lesser” forms of a basic concept too, so can be learnt as one. Whilst there are 39 items on that list, in practice many of them are so rare that they can be safely ignored entirely whilst learning. Welcome to Mahjong! You’ve seen the yaku list, and are wondering how anyone is ever supposed to get started learning that!
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