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go board
The wooden board used for playing the strategy game go (囲碁). Standard boards have a 19×19 grid. Also used figuratively to describe grid-like patterns, especially in city planning.
碁盤に石を置く。
To place a stone on the go board.
祖父が愛用していた碁盤を受け継いだ。
I inherited the go board my grandfather used to use.
京都の街は碁盤の目のように道が整っている。
The streets of Kyoto are laid out in a grid pattern like a go board.
USAGE:
The expression 碁盤の目 (go-board grid) is a common metaphor for a neat grid pattern, especially when describing city street layouts like those of 京都 and 奈良.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 碁盤の目: grid pattern (like a go board)
- 碁盤に向かう: to sit down at a go board
- 碁盤の目のような街: a city with grid-pattern streets
- 碁盤目状: in a grid pattern