じょばん
Meanings
Noun
1. opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)
2. early stages; initial phase; outset
Kanji used
preface
plate
Pitch accent
じょ
ばん
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Composed of
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
early stages (of a game); opening phase