noun

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
燕返し つばめがえし
 
 
 
 
ツバメ返し つばめがえし
 
 
 
 
つばめ返し つばめがえし
燕返
燕返 つばめがえし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

swallow (bird)
つばめ エン つばくら (Kentei Pre-1)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
north
ホク きた ほっ (2nd, N5)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
return, answer, fade
かえ.す ヘン (3rd, N3)
anti-
ハン タン そり (3rd, N3)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)