noun:

• bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation - four character idiom

expression:

• onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead [literal]

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• class (e.g. school); grade; rank

counter:

• kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc. ➜ 段【だん】

noun:

• dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage)
• end; end of the road; end point; as far as one can go

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to closely resemble
• to suit well; to match well; to go well with

noun / ~する noun:

• look; glance

noun:

• stone (in the game of go)

noun / suffix noun:

• barrier; gate ［せき］

noun:

• seki (in go); mutual life - usu. セキ

noun:

• master; expert
• expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)

noun:

• ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance)
• sacrificed stone (in the game of go) ➜ 捨て駒

noun:

• standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; formula
• joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move

noun / ~する noun:

• beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat

noun:

• making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to break off; to knock off
• to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone (in go)

expression / interjection:

• time in - said by a referee at the end of a time out - Sports term - From English "no time" ➜ タイム

expression:

• making a move immediately in a timed game (shogi, go, etc.)

noun:

• godan (verb, verb conjugation) - abbreviation ➜ 五段動詞【ごだんどうし】・五段活用【ごだんかつよう】・一段【いちだん】
• fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)

noun:

• artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark ➜ 入り浜
• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones ➜ 上げ石

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate
• to play the first move (e.g. in go)

noun:

• large stone; boulder
• large group of stones (in the game of go)

noun:

• kalpa (eon, aeon) ［こう・ごう］ - Buddhism term
• ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones - usu. コウ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• chasing down; pushing down; deposing; ousting
• sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)

noun:

• black stone ➜ 白石
• black (go pieces)

noun:

• white stone ➜ 黒石
• white (go pieces)

noun:

• knight - Shōgi term
• keima (in go); knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color - usually written using kana alone

~の noun / noun:

• former; previous; old

noun:

• first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move

noun:

• expert; skillful person
• good move (in shogi, go, etc.); clever move

noun:

• unreasonable idea; illogical plan
• illogical move (in shogi or go) - orig. meaning

noun:

• women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
• ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go) ［打ち掛け］