序盤 じょばん opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.) #4,656 Meanings noun opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.) early stages; initial phase; outset Its kanji 序 ジョ · つい.で、ついで preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally 盤 バン tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board, phonograph record