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    3. 序盤

    序盤

    序じょ盤ばん

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

    KMT6News #8+1NounGamesKanji Vocab22 strokes

    じょばん

    Noun

    1.
    opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)
    2.
    early stages, initial phase, outset

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    ゲームの序じょ盤ばんは簡かん単たんだった。

    The opening stage of the game was easy.

    KMT5Games
    将しょう棋ぎの序じょ盤ばん戦せんは非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ようだ。

    The opening phase of shogi is very important.

    KMT6GamesCulture & Traditions
    マラソンは序じょ盤ばんから飛とばしすぎると、後こう半はんで苦くるしくなる。

    If you push too hard from the early stages of a marathon, you'll struggle in the latter half.

    KMT6Sports & Martial ArtsGames
    プロジェクトの序じょ盤ばんでつまずくと、後あと々あと響ひびく。

    If you stumble in the early stages of a project, it will affect you later.

    KMT7GamesWork & Career
    囲い碁ごでは、序じょ盤ばんの布ふ石せきが勝しょう敗はいを左さ右ゆうすることが多おおい。

    In Go, the opening moves often determine the outcome of the game.

    KMT7GamesCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    序
    つい.で・ついで…(2)
    preface・beginning・order・precedence・occasion…(2)
    盤
    tray・shallow bowl・platter・tub・board…(1)
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