The day is drawing near for the National Mahjong Tournament for the prefectural nominations. Saki and Nodoka are at Mako’s house helping with the family’s store. Hisa begins to talk about the training when she really has something up her sleeve.
The population of mahjong players is now hundreds of millions of people.
بلغَتْ شعبيّةُ لاعبي الماجونغ
 اليوم مئات الملايين من الناس
La población de jugadores de Mahjong 
ahora es de cientos de millones.
le nombre de joueurs de mah-jong 
s’élève à plusieurs millions dans le monde,
Il numero dei giocatori di mahjong
 è arrivato a centinaia di milioni.
o número de jogadores de
mahjong pelo mundo dispara,