じょばん – Vocabulary details

じょばん

Noun

1. opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)

将しょう棋ぎは序じょ盤ばんが大だい事じだ。In shogi, the opening is important.

2. early stages; initial phase; outset

しかし作さ業ぎょうはまだまだ序じょ盤ばんである。However, the work is still in its early stages.

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ばん

order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface

board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel

early stages (of a game); opening phase

将しょう棋ぎはじょばんが大だい事じだ。

In shogi, the opening is important.

しかし作さ業ぎょうはまだまだじょばんである。

However, the work is still in its early stages.

彼かれはじょばんから注ちゅう意い深ぶかく読よみを入いれている。

He has been carefully calculating his moves since the opening.

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