also: ごばんのめ
noun
intersection on a go board
Refers specifically to the crossing points on a go board. Often used in go terminology.
See also: 碁盤の目
碁盤目の交点に石を置く。
Place a stone on an intersection of the go board.
noun
grid layout; grid pattern
Describes a regular grid-like arrangement, especially of streets or city blocks, resembling a go board. Often used in the phrase 碁盤の目.
京都の街は碁盤の目のように整然としている。
The streets of Kyoto are laid out in a neat grid pattern.
この地域は碁盤目状に区画されている。
This area is divided into a grid-like pattern.
Compound of 碁盤 (go board) and 目 (eye, intersection, pattern). The word directly describes the grid of lines on a go board, extended metaphorically to any grid-like layout.