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• n  Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles

• Even in the Catskills, audiences played mah-jongg while he sang them love ballads, and they clacked their tiles on the table to show their bored approval.
• They play mah-jongg, go to the corner for take-out food, sit alone in a room.
• Tom learns to squat on the balls of his feet, wins money at a smoky mah-jongg club, and starts to fall for Li Jian, the cute girl whose karaoke version of "Hey, Jude" is "Hey, Jute.

• Mah-Jongg
• mahjong

News & Articles

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• Photos: Mah-jongg tournament
  Participants played an all-day mah-jongg tournament on Tuesday at Congregation Beth Emeth in Albany. The tournaments involving the centuries-old game that originated in China are held monthly and use the national mah-jongg league rules.
  July 24, 2013 - Albany Times Union
• The name of the game: mah-jongg
  Participants collect their tiles, above, as they play a round of an all-day mah-jongg tournament on Tuesday at Congregation Beth Emeth in Albany. The tournaments involving the centuries-old game that originated in China are held monthly and use the national mah-jongg league rules.
  July 24, 2013 - Albany Times Union

Quotes

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• Shin Kanemaru in The Daily Yomiuri
  A source close to Kanemaru said Akiyama, 58, was able to build strong connections with politicians "mainly because of his ties with Mr. Togawa and the female executive. In particular, the female executive often organized mah-jongg parties for...