Illustration: In a Japanese community-center tatami room, two older players sit on opposite sides of a thick wooden Go board. Its grid and raised wooden body are clearly visible, with black and white stones occupying only part of the surface.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

盤ばん

ban

game board

Often appears in compounds naming a particular board. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. チェッカー盤ばんの黒くろと白しろの枡ますは交互こうごに並ならんでいる。

    The black and white squares on a checker board are arranged alternately.

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  2. 将棋しょうぎの駒こまを盤ばんに並ならべた。

    I arranged the shogi pieces on the board.

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  3. 碁石ごいしが盤ばんから落おちた。

    A Go stone fell off the board.

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Kanji in 盤

  • 盤tray; shallow bowlOnバン

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