white stone
A stone that is white in color. Often contrasted with 黒石 (black stone).
See also: 黒石
庭に白石を敷き詰めた。
I covered the garden with white stones.
He placed a white stone in the corner.
white go stone
Specifically a white piece used in the board game Go.
碁盤の上に白石と黒石を交互に置く。
Place white and black stones alternately on the Go board.
黒がその白石を取った。
Black captured that white stone.
The territory of black was surrounded with white stones.
白石 refers to a white stone (or white Go piece), while 黒石 refers to a black one; the two are the standard color pair in Go.
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years
Compound of 白 (しろ, white) and 石 (いし, stone).