Lexical entry
清一色
chiniisoo
A mahjong hand of one suit, or a state of complete uniformity.
Sports & GamesPure GairaigoSemantic ShiftSource: Chinese
Meaning
A mahjong hand consisting entirely of tiles from one suit. Figuratively, it describes using products or materials from a single source.
- one-suit hand
- uniformity
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Evidence and Provenance
- Data source
- JMdict_english
- Revision
- JMdict.2026-04-17
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- ambiguous-sense
- Active language
- English