Word Meaning 立直

りーち riichi

立直 is read as りーち (riichi) and means being one step away from victory, success, failure, etc..

Meaning

English

  1. being one step away from victory, success, failure, etc.
  2. rīchi
  3. riichi
  4. declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed

Reading

Kana

りーち

Romaji

riichi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 49792 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

立ち直る

たちなおる

to recover

立て直す

たてなおす

to put back up

立ち直り

たちなおり

recovery

立直し

たてなおし

revamping

立て直る

たてなおる

to recover

W立直

だぶるりーち

declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared

直立

ちょくりつ

rising perpendicularly

直立不動

ちょくりつふどう

standing at attention

陣を立て直す

じんをたてなおす

to redeploy troops

直立猿人

ちょくりつえんじん

a pithecanthrope

立法

りっぽう

legislation