燕返し (tsubamegaeshi)

Meaning

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

Kanji and stroke order

↻ Replay stroke order

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