半荘戦

English translation: a two-round match (mah-jong)

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Japanese term or phrase:半荘戦
English translation:a two-round match (mah-jong)
Entered by: Shannon Morales

22:58 Mar 29, 2010
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Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / Mah-jong
Japanese term or phrase: 半荘戦
1 of three game styles (rules) in the Mah-jong Fight Club Triathlon game mode: 東風戦・半荘戦・三人打麻雀
Shannon Morales
United States
Local time: 05:40
a two-round match/ hanchan-sen
Explanation:
Basically, a Mahjong match constitutes four rounds, i.e. East-round, South-round, North-round, and West-round. 半荘戦 is a one of the simplified ways to play which complete only with the first two round. It seems that this type of match is commonly played in Japan. 東風戦(tonpu-sen) is the one which ends only with the first round.
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takanori
Local time: 19:40
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3a two-round match/ hanchan-sen
takanori
3half game
Michael Karpa
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Yasutomo Kanazawa

  

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a two-round match/ hanchan-sen


Explanation:
Basically, a Mahjong match constitutes four rounds, i.e. East-round, South-round, North-round, and West-round. 半荘戦 is a one of the simplified ways to play which complete only with the first two round. It seems that this type of match is commonly played in Japan. 東風戦(tonpu-sen) is the one which ends only with the first round.

takanori
Local time: 19:40
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Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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Thank you! I couldn't have figured this one out w/o your help!
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half game


Explanation:
It appears to be called a half game by at least two references I found. I looked up the chinese (banzhuang), which is what hanchan comes from, but didn't find anything. takanori's the expert, though...


    Reference: http://www.japanesemahjong.net/mahjong-glossary.html
    Reference: http://sgcafe.com/other-games/69367-mahjong-club-7-77-a.html
Michael Karpa
United States
Local time: 03:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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