noun
tengen; center point of a Go board
In Go, the central black dot on the board; also refers to the center of the board itself. The term is used in both casual and professional contexts.
碁盤の天元に石を打つ。
Place a stone on the tengen of the Go board.
天元の頃、都では大きな火事があったと記録されている。
It is recorded that during the Tengen era, there was a great fire in the capital.
noun
Tengen (Go title)
One of the major professional Go titles in Japan, formally known as 天元戦. The winner is awarded the title of Tengen.
See also: 天元戦
彼は天元のタイトルを三連覇した。
He won the Tengen title three times in a row.