List: go (game)
Vocabulary related with the game of Go, considered the oldest board games still being played.
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) go (game) interjection
- no good, not serving its purpose, useless, broken
- hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless
- cannot, must not, not allowed
- neutral point, intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
- no!, stop!
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N2 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb usually written using kana alone go (game)
- to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks), to grip (from both sides)
- to put between, to sandwich between, to insert, to interpose
- to catch (e.g. a finger in a door), to trap, to pinch
- to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings), to interpose (e.g. an objection), to interject, to throw in (e.g. a joke)
- to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.), to have between each other, to be across (a street, river, etc.)
- to harbour (feelings), to cast (e.g. doubt)
- to pincer
popular JLPT N5 ใ adjective adjective (generic) go (game)
- heavy, weighty
- heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy
- slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy
- important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave
- serious (punishment, illness, etc.), severe, critical
- solid, established, dignified, sensible
- heavy (shape or stones), solid stones that must be defended rather than sacrificed, despite the high cost of doing so
popular noun noun (generic) sumo noun (suffix) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- fall, decline, lowering, hanging down, drooping, slanting (downward)
- string apron, ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt
- food offering to the gods, leftovers, hand-me-downs
- leaving (one's master's place for home)
- a little after ...
- sagari, to extend a group of stones towards the edge of the board
popular noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- patch, patching
- join, joining
- successor, heir
- connection
popular noun noun (generic) go (game)
- general situation, whole situation, larger picture, main point
- overall situation of a game
popular food, cooking noun noun (generic) go (game)
- dango, dumpling (usu. sweet), doughboy
- ball-shaped object, something round
- lump, group, bunch, knot, tight crowd
- dango, inefficient clump of stones
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb transitive verb colloquial usually written using kana alone go (game)
- to slide, to glide, to skate, to ski
- to slip, to skid
- to be slippery
- to fail (an examination)
- to lose (a position), to be demoted
- to bomb (when telling a joke), to fall flat
- to slide (move)
popular JLPT N2 noun noun (generic) printing go (game)
- geta, traditional Japanese wooden sandal
- turn (in set-type proofing), upside-down character
- net, geta
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) go (game) shogi boxing
- trouble, bother
- number of moves
- number of punches
- number of liberties