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byoyomi

byoyomi noun: a system of time control in some board games, especially go and shogi, in which the player is assigned a number of additional periods (of a fixed time per move) when their initial allotted time runs out.

Noun

byoyomi (uncountable)

  1. A system of time control in some board games, especially go and shogi, in which the player is assigned a number of additional periods (of a fixed time per move) when their initial allotted time runs out.

Origin of byoyomi

Borrowed from Japanese 秒読み (byōyomi).

Questions about byoyomi

What does byoyomi mean?
Byoyomi means a system of time control in some board games, especially go and shogi, in which the player is assigned a number of additional periods (of a fixed time per move) when their initial allotted time runs out.
What part of speech is byoyomi?
Byoyomi is a noun.

Words near byoyomi in the dictionary

  1. byos
  2. byotch
  3. byotches
  4. BYOVD
  5. BYOW
  6. byoyomi
  7. BYP
  8. byp.
  9. bypass
  10. bypass duct
  11. bypass ducts

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