Waits & Tenpai
Pair wait
Also called: Tanki, 単騎, Single wait
Waiting on the pair tile — only one tile completes the hand.
A pair wait (tanki in Japanese, single wait / 單調將 in MCR) is when your only missing tile is the pair. You have all four melds complete and need the second copy of one specific tile to make the pair. Pair waits are slow because you're waiting on one specific tile (max 3 copies left in the game), but they score a bonus in MCR (single-wait = 1 fan) and Riichi (tanki = 2 fu).
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