布石
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 布 | 石 |
| ふ Grade: 5 |
せき Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
布石 • (fuseki)
- (go) The arraying of stones in the opening, preparing to build groups of stones.
- An action or a procedure in tactics, to smoothly take a defense position, or an offensive position. a borrowed word from the terminology of the board game, go
Verb
布石する • (fuseki suru) transitive suru (stem 布石し (fuseki shi), past 布石した (fuseki shita))
- make preparations; lay the groundwork
Conjugation
Conjugation of "布石する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 布石し | ふせきし | fuseki shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 布石し | ふせきし | fuseki shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 布石する | ふせきする | fuseki suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 布石する | ふせきする | fuseki suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 布石すれ | ふせきすれ | fuseki sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 布石せよ¹ 布石しろ² |
ふせきせよ¹ ふせきしろ² |
fuseki seyo¹ fuseki shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 布石される | ふせきされる | fuseki sareru | |
| Causative | 布石させる 布石さす |
ふせきさせる ふせきさす |
fuseki saseru fuseki sasu | |
| Potential | 布石できる | ふせきできる | fuseki dekiru | |
| Volitional | 布石しよう | ふせきしよう | fuseki shiyō | |
| Negative | 布石しない | ふせきしない | fuseki shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 布石せず | ふせきせず | fuseki sezu | |
| Formal | 布石します | ふせきします | fuseki shimasu | |
| Perfective | 布石した | ふせきした | fuseki shita | |
| Conjunctive | 布石して | ふせきして | fuseki shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 布石すれば | ふせきすれば | fuseki sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- “布石”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.