碁 盤(ごばん)

ごばん

noun

go board

1. go board

The wooden board used for playing the strategy game go (囲碁(いご)). Standard boards have a 19×19 grid. Also used figuratively to describe grid-like patterns, especially in city planning.

碁盤(ごばん)に石(いし)を置(お)く。

To place a stone on the go board.

祖父(そふ)が愛用(あいよう)していた碁盤(ごばん)を受(う)け継(つ)いだ。

I inherited the go board my grandfather used to use.

京都(きょうと)の街(まち)は碁盤(ごばん)の目(め)のように道(みち)が整(ととの)っている。

The streets of Kyoto are laid out in a grid pattern like a go board.

Usage

The expression 碁盤(ごばん)の目(め) (go-board grid) is a common metaphor for a neat grid pattern, especially when describing city street layouts like those of 京都(きょうと) and 奈良(なら).

Common collocations

碁盤(ごばん)の目(め): grid pattern (like a go board)
碁盤(ごばん)に向(む)かう: to sit down at a go board
碁盤(ごばん)の目(め)のような街(まち): a city with grid-pattern streets
碁盤(ごばん)目状(めじょう): in a grid pattern

Related Words

Related: 碁石(ごいし) (Go stone)

Compare: 将棋盤(しょうぎばん) (shogi board)

Compare: 盤上(ばんじょう) (on the board)

Related: 囲碁(いご) (Go (board game))

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Added 2026.2.26 22:36 · Revised 2026.10.7 3:24

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