リーチ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of リーチ – see the following entry.

【立直】 [noun] (mahjong) a "ready" hand, waiting for one more tile to win [noun] (mahjong) a call for such a hand [noun] (by extension) being one point or move away from victory

(This term, リーチ (rīchi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)