Introduction

Object

This is a first attempt at creating a Japanese-Swedish-English list of technical terms used in Japanese texts on the game of Go.

The list is still far from complete, but my intention is to give Swedish-speaking Go players an aid in their study of Japanese (and English) Go literature.

Another aim is to give a basis for discussions about Swedish Go terminology.

Contents

The list contains a still rather incomplete selection of Japanese Go terms, rendered as kanji and/or kana (GIF images) and rômaji (transcription using Western letters). Circumflexes have been used to indicate vowel length.

In addition to the technical terms I have chosen to include a number of everyday Japanese words often seen in texts on Go: karai, nurui, muri etc. Some of these words are used in their ordinary, everyday sense, others have a somewhat specialized meaning when they appear in a Go context.

• Linguistic Stuff 1 (About the Japanese writing system - in Swedish)
  
• Linguistic Stuff 2 (About translation problems etc - in Swedish)
  
• Hiragana (Table)
  
• Katakana (Table)
  
• More about kana (in Swedish)
  
• Numerals
  
• Numerals 2
  
• Sources
  
• The Word List

Appearance

· Japanese terms (rômaji) · Japanese terms (kanji, kana) · Swedish terms · English terms

· Links to examples:    · Definitions, explanations etc (mostly in Swedish) · My suggestions for Swedish go terms (blue text)

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Comments

Criticism and comments are welcome. I am very much aware that my knowledge is limited, that I am guilty of all kinds of mistakes, that many terms are still missing from the list...