Vocabulary

What does 碁盤 (ごばん, goban) mean?

碁盤 (ごばん, goban) means go board.

Quick facts
Readingごばん
Romajigoban
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
ごばん
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommongoban

go board

  1. 1noun Go board

Example sentences

  • This city's streets are laid out like a checkerboard.

  • Every night, my grandfather sits deep in thought in front of the Go board.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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