Terms In Dutch Go Magazine

In reaction to some statements in the English Go Terms / Discussion, I have made a list of Go terms which appear in the Dutch Go magazine ('GO'). I have looked at all game analyses in two editions, 34:6 (December 1997) and 36:6 (December 1999), and divided those by language.

Dutch terms (with English translation; if the literal translation is not in use, both are given):

• afknippen (to cut off)
• centrum (centre)
• dekken (to cover; to connect)
• diagonaal (diagonal)
• dood (dead)
• dreiging (threat)
• driepuntsuitbreiding (three point extension)
• dwangzet (forcing move)
• een-punts sprong (one point jump)
• eerlijk (honest)
• eindspel (endgame)
• gebied (territory)
• gevecht (fight)
• groot (big)
• grote paardesprong (large knight's jump)
• hangende verbinding (hanging connection)
• hoekafsluiting (corner enclosure)
• inklemmen (to jam in; to pincer), inklemming
• invasie (invasion)
• invloed (influence)
• kluit (lump; clump)
• knip (cut)
• knippen (to cut)
• knipsteen (cutting stone)
• ko-dreiging (ko threat)
• ladder (ladder)
• ladderbreker (ladder break)
• lege driehoek (empty triangle)
• leven (to live)
• licht (light)
• muur (wall)
• nahand (????; gote)
• nieuw fuseki (new fuseki)
• offeren (to sacrifice)
• ombuiging (bend)
• oog (eye)
• oogruimte (eye space)
• open (open)
• opening (opening)
• oprapen (to pick up; to capture)
• plakzet (sticking move; tsuke)
• probeerzetje (try-out move)
• reduceren (to reduce)
• schouderklap (shoulder hit)
• sleutelzet (key move)
• solide (solid)
• sterk (strong)
• sterkte (strength; thickness)
• sterpunt (star point)
• strategie (strategy)
• tegenaanval (counterattack)
• traag (slow)
• uitbreiding (extension)
• vangen (to capture)
• verbinden (to connect)
• verlengen (to extend)
• voorhand (???; sente)
• vorm (shape)
• vrijhedennood (want of liberties; lack of liberties)
• vrijhedenstrijd (liberty fight; semeai)
• zwakte (weakness)
• zwaar (heavy)

English terms:

• fighting spirit
• flow
• overplay
• peep
• pincer
• settelen (that's "to settle" made into Dutch)
• soft
• squeeze
• timing

Japanese terms (left untranslated)

• aji
• atari
• fuseki
• hane
• hoshi
• ikken-tobi
• joseki
• kakari
• kikashi
• ko
• kosumi
• miai
• moyo
• ponnuki
• semeai
• sente
• taisha
• tesuji
• yosu-miru

Japanese terms (used with Dutch translation provided at least the first time they were used in a game; translations have been translated)

• aji (possibility, possiblities)
• furikawari (equivalent exchange)
• geta (net)
• gote ('nahand')
• hane (bending move)
• hoshi (4-4)
• ikken-tobi (one point jump)
• kakari (corner approach)
• keima (knight's jump)
• kikashi (forcing move)
• kosumi (slanting move)
• miai (if you play one, I play the other)
• nobi (to extend)
• ogeima (large knight's jump)
• sabaki (light shape)
• sagari (to stretch)
• semidori (being forced to capture the opponent's stones {i.e., to take them off the board})
• takamoku joseki (a joseki after the approach move at the 5-4 point)
• tengen (the center point)
• tesuji (clever move)
• tsume (extension)
• wariuchi (splitting move)
• yosu-miru (testing move)

Finally, I found one example of a Korean term plus translation:

• ki (fighting spirit)

-- Andre Engels