noun
north round
In mahjong, the round where the north player is the dealer, or the north wind round.
北場に入ってから、親が連荘した。
After entering the north round, the dealer kept the dealership.
From Chinese 北 (north) + 場 (place, round), read with the mahjong-specific on'yomi ペー (from Mandarin běi) and ば.