手しゅ談だん

noun

Go (board game); game of Go

Literary or elegant term for the board game Go (囲碁). Used especially in refined or classical contexts.

See also: 囲碁

• 手しゅ談だんは、古ふるくから文ぶん人じんに愛あいされてきた遊あそびである。

  Go has been a pastime loved by literati since ancient times.

• 二人ふたりは静しずかに手しゅ談だんを楽たのしんだ。

  The two quietly enjoyed a game of Go.