List: go (game)
Vocabulary related with the game of Go, considered the oldest board games still being played.
popular noun noun (generic) go (game)
- emergency, crisis, critical moment
- urgent move (required to prevent a major loss, to stabilize a group, etc.), urgent point
popular irregular kanji usage JLPT N3 ใ adjective adjective (generic) go (game)
- hard, solid, tough
- stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing)
- strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved)
- safe, steady, honest, steadfast
- obstinate, stubborn
- bookish, formal, stuffy
- solid (shape or stones)
popular obsolete reading search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone go (game)
- gap, narrow space between things, interstice
- valley, gorge, ravine
- loophole (in a castle wall), arrow slit, crenel, embrasure
- interval, pause, time between events
- diagonal gap, move played in a diagonal gap, space between two stones diagonally apart
่ปฝใใใใkaruipopular JLPT N5 ใ adjective adjective (generic) go (game)
- light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
- light (i.e. of foot), effortless, nimble, agile
- non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial
- slight, small, gentle, soft, easy, lighthearted (e.g. joke)
- easy, simple
- indiscriminate
- light (shape or stones), stones that are not solid but can be used to sacrifice to gain something elsewhere
popular noun noun (generic) go (game)
- starting (e.g. of an engine), engaging (e.g. of a lock)
- expenses, costs
- attack (esp. a corner approach)
- barb (of a fish hook)
- charge, duty, person in charge, official, clerk
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb go (game)
- longevity
- eternal life, cycle that can be repeated indefinitely and neither group dies
popular noun noun (generic) go (game)
- one child
- only child
- one of several children (esp. the son and heir)
- one stone
popular noun noun (generic) go (game)
- standard practice, playing by the book, established tactic, formula
- joseki (jลseki), standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
popular irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) go (game)
- ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance), garden rock
- sacrifice stones
- sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.)
- stones used in a foundation, riprap
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic) go (game)
- graduate student
- insei, apprentice go professional