List: go (game)
Vocabulary related with the game of Go, considered the oldest board games still being played.
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) go (game) shogi abbreviation archaic noun (suffix) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) suffix counter
- muscle, tendon, sinew
- vein, artery
- fiber, fibre, string
- line, stripe, streak
- reason, logic
- plot, storyline
- lineage, descent
- school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
- aptitude, talent
- source (of information, etc.), circle, channel
- well-informed person (in a transaction)
- effective move, logical move, suji, tesuji
- ninth vertical line
- seam on a helmet
- gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
- social position, status
- on (a river, road, etc.), along
- counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
- street (in Osaka)
- (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) go (game)
- (physical) form, shape, figure
- visage, (facial) features, appearance (of a person), figure, looks
- form (as opposed to substance), manner (of action), style, (outward) appearance
- (resultant) state, situation, condition, form
- behaviour (towards others), attitude, demeanor, manners
- shape (positional qualities of a group of stones)
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) go (game)
- influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy
- influence (of stones)
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) astronomy go (game)
- wall, partition
- barrier, obstacle, hindrance, difficulty
- Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- wall (of stones)
popular noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) go (game)
- barrier, gate
- seki, mutual life
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) go (game)
- black
- black stone
- guilt, guilty person
popular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) go (game) mahjong food, cooking
- white
- innocence, innocent person
- blank space
- white stone
- white dragon tile
- skewered grilled pig intestine
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic) go (game) shogi
- flavor, flavour, taste
- charm, appeal, uniqueness, attractiveness
- experience, taste (e.g. of victory)
- smart, clever, witty, strange
- aji, position that has some lingering potential that may be exploited later in the game
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) go (game)
- pattern, figure, design
- state, condition
- conjecture of the current situation, the way it seems
- model, pattern, example
- indicates that something seems likely (e.g. rain or storm)
- framework, territorial framework, moyo
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- growth, development
- stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up)
- (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.)
- elongation, extension, carry (e.g. of sound), sustain
- nobi, solid extension, thick extension