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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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.

囲い碁ごのじょばんで大おおきなミスをした。

I made a big mistake in the opening of the go game.

ただ、じょばんは正ただしいが、途と中ちゅうから一いち部ぶが間ま違ちがっている。

However, while the initial stages are correct, some parts are wrong from the middle onwards.

確たしかに差さはできてしまったが、まだじょばん。

A gap has certainly formed, but it is still the early stages.

その結けっ果か、じょばんのリードが有ゆう利りに働はたらいた。

As a result, the early lead worked in their favor.

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