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seki

seki noun: in the game of Go, a state of impasse where neither player can benefit from playing in a location.

seki: in the game of Go, a state of impasse where neither player can benefit from playing in a location
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Noun

seki

  1. (go) In the game of Go, a state of impasse where neither player can benefit from playing in a location

Proper noun capitalized: Seki

Seki

  1. A city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

Origin of seki

From Japanese セキ (seki).

Borrowed from Japanese 関 (Seki).

Questions about seki

What does seki mean?
Seki means in the game of Go, a state of impasse where neither player can benefit from playing in a location.
What part of speech is seki?
Seki can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near seki in the dictionary

  1. Sekgalagadi
  2. Sekhmet
  3. Sekhniashvili
  4. Sekhon
  5. Sekhons
  6. seki
  7. Sekigahara
  8. Sekigawa
  9. Sekiguchi
  10. sekihan
  11. sekikaic acid

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