Japanese Go Terms

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Most Japanese Go terms are listed under Go Terms, but this page has kanji, kana, and literal translations.

Table of contents

For pronunciation, see the [ext] Swiss Go Association website.

List

  • Agehama - captured stones that have been removed from the board (Prisoners).
  • Agohimo (Jaw strap) - アゴひも
  • Aji (Unfinished business, literally taste) - 味
  • Ajikeshi (destroying aji) - 味消し
  • Akisankaku (Empty triangle) - 空き三角
  • Aki-sumi (Empty corner) - アキ隅
  • Amai (soft, weak) - 甘い
  • Amashi - 余し
  • Atari (atari) - 当たり
  • Atekomi (a play that threatens to cut a diagonal) - アテコミ
  • Atsui (Thick) - 厚い
  • Baai no te (Play that depends upon the circumstances) - 場合の手
  • Betsuan (special case) - 別案
  • Boshi (Bōshi, Capping Play) - 帽子
  • Botsugi (Staff connection) - 棒継ぎ
  • Choshi (Chōshi) - 調子
  • Chuban (Chūban, Middle game) - 中盤
  • Chuto Hanpa - (Chūto hanpa, Something half done) - 中途半端
  • Chuui (take note, warning) - 注意
  • Daidaigeima - 大大ゲイマ
  • Damatte (quietly) - だまって
  • Dame (A liberty or neutral point between two groups of stones, without territory value) - 駄目 or ダメ
  • Damezumari (shortage of liberties) - ダメ詰まり
  • Dan (Grade, expert rank) - 段
  • Dango (dumpling) - 団子
  • Degiri (push through and cut) -
  • Fujite (sealed move) - 封じ手
  • Fukurami (bulge) - フクラミ
  • Fukure (bulge) - フクレ
  • Furikawari (exchange of potential territories} - 振り替わり or フリカワリ
  • Fuseki (Opening) - 布石
  • Gankei (Eye shape) - 眼形
  • Geta (Net) - ゲタ
  • Goban (Board) - 碁盤
  • Godokoro - 碁所
  • Gokaisho (Go Club) - 碁会所
  • Gokaku (even or equal result) - 互角
  • Goken-biraki (Five space extension) - 五間ビラキ
  • Gote (Losing the initiative, playing last) - 後手
  • Gote no sente (Apparent gote that's really sente) - 後手の先手
  • Gyaku komi (reverse komi) - 逆コミ
  • 'haba', 'width', (reach?) , see New in Go #46 Studying the Stars on GoGoD
  • Haichaku (losing move) - 敗着
  • Hamete (Joseki trap) - ハメテ
  • Hana zuke (Nose tesuji) - 鼻ヅケ
  • Hanami ko (Hanami kō, flower viewing ko, picnic ko) - 花見コウ
  • Hane - ハネ
  • Hane-dashi (Hane Through) - ハネ出し
  • Hane-komi (Hane Wedge) - ハネ込み
  • Hara-zuke (belly attachment) - 腹ヅケ
  • Hasami (pincer) - ハサミ
  • Hasami tsuke (clamp) - ハサミツケ
  • Hataraku (work) - 働く
  • hazama tobi (diagonal two point jump) ハザマ飛び
  • Hazusu (dropping back) - 外す
  • Hebo (bungling, unskillful) - ヘボ
  • Hebokosumi (weak player's diagonal) - ヘボコスミ
  • Hekomi - ヘコミ (dent shape)
  • Hiki (Pulling back) - 引き
  • Hiraki (Extension) - ヒラキ
  • Hon-ko (Hon-kō, Direct ko) - 本コウ
  • Honsen (Japanese professional selection tournament) - 本選
  • Honte (Proper move) - 本手
  • Hoshi (Star point) - 星
  • Horikomi (throw-in) - 放り込み - ホウリコミ
  • Houkou? direction of play 方向
  • Igo - 囲碁
  • Ijime - いじめ
  • Iki (alive) - 生き
  • Ikken tobi (One point jump) - 一間トビ
  • Ipponmichi (Straight path) - 一本道
  • Ishi (Stone) - 石
  • Ishi no nagare (Flow of the stones) - 石の流れ
  • Ishi no shita (Underneath the stones) - 石の下
  • Ishidate - 石立て
  • Ji (Territory) - 地
  • Jisatsu (Suicide) - 自殺
  • Jitsuyo (Practical use, utility) - 実用
  • Joban (Opening) 序盤
  • Joseki (Jōseki, Standard local play, typically in the corner) - 定石
  • Josen (Jōsen) - 定先
  • Jubango (Jūbango) - 十番碁
  • Junkan ko (Junkan kō) --
  • Kabe (wall) - 壁
  • Kadoban - 角番
  • Kakari (Corner approach) - カカリ (in kanji, 掛かり)
  • Kakarippanashi? (approach without following up) - カカリっぱなし
  • Kakeme (false eye) - 欠け眼
  • Kaketsugi (Hanging connection) - カケツギ
  • Kaname-ishi - (Pivotal stones) - 要石
  • Kannon-biraki (Butterfly shape) - 觀音ビラキ
  • Karami Splitting attack - 絡み
  • Karui (Light) - 軽い
  • Kuruma no ato-oshi Pushing from behind - 車の後押し
  • Kasu ishi (junk stones) - カス石
  • Kata (shoulder) - 肩
  • Kata (pattern, shape, model) - 型
  • Katachi (Shape) - 形
  • Katatsuki (Shoulder hit) - カタツキ
  • Katteyomi (Optimistic reading) - 勝手読み
  • Keima (Knight's move) - ケイマ
  • Keisei Handan (Positional Judgement) - 形勢 判断
  • Kenka Komoku (Opposing 34 Points - ケンカ小目
  • Kenri? (right) - 権利
  • Keshi (Erasure, Reduction) - 消し
  • Kiai (Fighting spirit) - 気合い
  • Kido (The Way of Go) - (Kidō) 棋道 Also Kido, dan-level magazine published by the Nihon Ki-in.
  • Kifu (Game Record) - 棋譜
  • Kikasare (pushed around, submissive) -
  • Kikashi (Forcing move) - 利かし
  • Kiri (Cut) - 切り
  • Kirikomi (Cut inside) - キリ込み
  • Kiroku-gakari - 記録係 game recorder
  • Ko (Kō) (Repetitive capture, literally threat) - コウ or 劫
  • Kobayashi Ryu? (Kobayashi Ryū, Kobayashi Fuseki) - 小林流
  • Kodate (ko threat) - コウ立て or 劫立
  • Komi (Compensation) - コミ
  • Komoku (3-4 Point) - 小目
  • Kono itte (Only move0 - この一手
  • Korigatachi (Overconcentrated shape) - 凝り形
  • Kosumi (Diagonal move) - コスミ
  • Kosumi tsuke (Diagonal attachment) - コスミツケ
  • Koten (Kōten, Point, point of intersection) - 交点
  • Kobo (Kōbō, Attack and defence) - 攻防
  • Kufuu - 工夫 see New in Go #70 The Japanese Chinese, Part 2 page 3, on GoGoD
  • Kurai
  • Kuro, Kuroi (Black) - 黒 (noun), 黒い (adjective)
  • Kyu (Kyū, Class, Below expert rank) - 級
  • Kyuba (Kyūba, urgent point) - 急場 
  • Kyusho (Kyūsho, key point, Vital point) - 急所
  • Magari (turn) - マガリ; 曲がり
  • Makuri - マクリ
  • Mannen-ko (Mannen-kō, Ten thousand year ko) - 万年劫
  • Mamori (Defence) - 守り
  • Me (eye) - 眼
  • Me ari me nashi (With an eye, without an eye) - 眼アリ眼ナシ
  • Miai (Shared alternative plays) - 見合い
  • Mochikomi (stones lost without compensation) - モチコミ
  • Moku (point of territory) - 目
  • Moyo (Moyō, Framework) - 模様
  • Mujoken iki (Mujōken iki, Unconditional life) - 無条件生き
  • Mukai Komoku (facing 3-4 points) - 向かい 小目
  • Muko (Mukō, false ko threat) - 無劫
  • Nageru (resign) - 投げる
  • Nakade (inside move or shape) - 中手; ナカデ
  • Narabi (specific type of stretch) - 並び
  • Nerai (Target, aim, intent) - 狙い
  • Nidan-bane (Two step hane) - 二段バネ
  • Niken biraki (Two space extension) - 二間開き
  • Niken tobi (two space jump) - 二間トビ
  • Nigiri (procedure to decide which player has Black - 握り
  • Nirensei (Two star points opening) - 二連星
  • Nobi (strech that adds two liberties) - both 伸び and ノビ
  • Nurui (Lukewarm) - 温い
  • Oba (Ōba, Big point) - 大場
  • Ogeima (ōgeima, Large knight's move) - 大ゲイマ
  • Oki (Placement tesuji) 置き
  • Omoi (Heavy) - 重い
  • Omoshiroi 面白い (lit.) interesting - used to indicate that one side is better
  • Onadare (large avalanche joseki) - 大ナダレ
  • Oshitsubushi
  • Owari (the end) - 終り
  • Ponnuki (diamond or flower shape left after four stones capture a single stone) - ポン抜き
  • Ryojimari (Ryōjimari, one side has two 3-4 point based corner enclosures) - 両締まり
  • Ryoatari (Ryōatari, Double atari) - 両アタリ
  • Ryobane (Double hane -- not Nidanbane) - 両バネ
  • Ryo-ko (Ryō-kō, Double ko) - 両コウ
  • Sabaki - 捌き
  • Sagari (descent towards the edge of the board) - 下がり or サガリ
  • Sakare gatachi (split shape) - 裂かれ形
  • Sangen biraki (Three space extension) - 三間開き
  • Sansan (the 3x3 point) - 三々
  • Sanrensei (three star points opening) - 三連星
  • Seki (mutual life) - セキ
  • Seki-kuzure (seki collapse) - セキ崩れ
  • Sekito shibori (two stone edge squeeze) - 石塔シボリ
  • semaku suru - making the game narrow, restricting strategic options (from [ext] http://www.gogod.co.uk/NewInGo/NewInGo.htm )
  • Seme (Attack) - 攻め
  • Semeai (Capturing race, mutual attack) - 攻め合い
  • Semedori (Forced capture) - 攻め取り
  • Sen ai sen - 先相先
  • Sen ni sen - 先二先
  • Sente (Initiative, playing first) - 先手
  • Sente no gote (Apparent sente that's really gote) - 先手の後手
  • Shi (death) - 死
  • Shibori (squeeze) - シボリ
  • Shido-go (Shidō-go, teaching game) - 指導碁
  • Shicho (Shichō, ladder) - シチョウ
  • Shicho-atari (Shichō-atari, ladder breaker) - シチョウ当り
  • Shikatsu (Life and death) - 死活
  • Shimari (Corner Enclosure) - 締まり
  • Shin Fuseki (New Fuseki) - 新布石
  • Shinogi technique of making life within your opponents sphere of influence - 凌ぎ
  • Shippo (Tail) - 尻尾
  • Shiro, shiroi (White) - 白 (noun), 白い (adjective)
  • Shita-zuke (Hitting under tesuji) - 下ヅケ
  • shobu game, match (shōbu, lit. win-loss) - 勝負
  • shobute (aggressive play to avoid sure loss, putting the game on the line) - 勝負手
  • Shodan (1-dan) - 初段
  • Shuban (shūban, Endgame) -  終盤
  • Shudan (alternate name for the game of Go) - 手談
  • Shusaku Ryu (Shūsaku Ryū, Shusaku Fuseki) - 秀策流
  • Soba-ko (Soba-kō, Local ko threat) - ソバコウ
  • Sofu (single diagram containing all game moves) - 総譜
  • Sogo (official challenge match) - 争碁
  • Son-ko (loss making ko threats) - 損コウ
  • Soppo (in the wrong area or direction) - 外方 or ソツポ
  • Souba - 相場
  • Susogakari (skirt approach) - 裾がかり
  • Suberi (slide) - 滑り
  • Tagai sen (alternating Black and White) - 互い先
  • Taisha (large slant) - 大斜
  • Takamoku (5-4 Point) - 高目
  • Takefu (Bamboo joint) - タケフ
  • Tan (just, simply) - (å�˜)
  • Te (Play, move, literally hand {noun}) - 手
  • Teai (Handicap) - 手合い
  • Tebyoshi (Automatic play) - 手拍子
  • Teire (Reinforcing play) - 手入れ
  • Temodori (Going back to patch up) - 手戻り
  • Tengen (Origin of heaven) - 天元
  • Tenka-kikazu (Game deciding ko) - 天下きかず
  • Tennozan (Tennōzan) (Strategically decisive point or game in series) - 天王山
  • Tenuki (Playing elsewhere) - 手抜き
  • Tesuji (Skillful tactical play) - 手筋
  • Tetchu (Iron pillar) - 鉄柱
  • te ari (there is a play) - 手有
  • Tewari {A technique for assessing plays} 手割り
  • Tobi (Jump) - トビ
  • Torazu Gomoku (Five points without capturing) - 取らず五目
  • Torazu Sanmoku (Three points without capturing) - 取らず三目
  • Toryo (Tōryō, resign) - 投了
  • Tsuke (Attachment) - 付け
  • Tsuke-koshi (Waist cut) - ツケコシ
  • Tsuki (Moon) - 月
  • Tsume-biraki (Checking extension) - ツメビラキ
  • Tsuru no Sugomori (Crane's Nest Tesuji) -
  • Uchuuryuu (Cosmic style) - 宇宙流
  • Ukeru (to answer or respond) 受ける
  • Utte-gaeshi (Snapback) - 打って返し
  • Uttegai (Snapback) -
  • Warikomi (Wedge) - 割込み or ワリコミ
  • Wariuchi (Splitting move) - 割り打ち
  • Yon-moku nakade (four point nakade) - 四目ナカデ
  • Yoritsuki
  • Yose (Endgame) - 寄せ
  • Yose ko (Yose kō, Approach ko) - ヨセ劫
  • Yosen? (Preliminary for the Japanese professional selection tournament) -  予選
  • Yosu-mi probe 様子見
  • Yoten (Key point) - 要点
  • Yowai ishi (Weak group) - 弱い石
  • Yuki (Snow) - 雪
  • Yurui (Slack) - ゆるい

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See also

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