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つばめがえし
Meanings
Noun
1. 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
Alt. forms
燕つばめ返がえし
78%
ツバメ返がえし
14%
つばめ返がえし
4%
ツバメガエシ
1%
燕つばめ返がえし
つばめがえし
Pitch accent
つ
ばめが
えし
Used in: 1
Composed of
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin