燕返し

つばめがえし

Also written ツバメ返し, つばめ返し

Meanings

1. Noun quickly reversed cut (sword technique)
2. swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversal
3. swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique)
4. completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile

Kanji

• 燕 swallow (bird). Read as つばめ.
• 返 give back. Read as かえす.

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