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序盤

じょばん

noun

Meanings

1opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)
2early stages
3initial phase
4outset

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Kanji in this word

序Preface, Beginning, Order7 strokes 盤Tray, Shallow Bowl, Platter15 strokes

More words with 序

秩序ちつじょ · orderN1 順序じゅんじょ · orderN2 公序良俗こうじょりょうぞく · public order and morals 序でついで · opportunity 序列じょれつ · rank 年功序列

Full entry on Jisho

ねんこうじょれつ · seniority by length of service

無秩序むちつじょ · disorder

序でについでに · while (one is at it)

More words with 盤

基盤きばん · foundationN2 中盤ちゅうばん · middle stage 終盤しゅうばん · endgame 地盤じばん · (the) groundN2 円盤えんばん · disk 算盤そろばん · abacusN2 盤ばん · board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.)鍵盤けんばん · keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)