キョクメン
Meanings
Noun
Go
Shogi
1. position in a game; state of the game
Just a few moves forward leads to a completely different position.
2. situation; stage; phase; aspect
This kind of situation will definitely come.
Pitch accent
キョ
クメ
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キョ
クメン
Composed of
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
new phase; new aspect; new stage; new situation
breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation
Examples (10 in total)
This kind of situation will definitely come.
The situation enters a new phase.
A phase where things break will inevitably come.
How do you view the current situation?
The situation has taken on a new aspect.
The negotiations stepped into a crucial phase.
After the game, the two of them went back over the positions.
In this position, the player who moved first has a slight advantage.
They are looking at only the sunny side of the American economy.
Just a few moves forward leads to a completely different position.