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The black and white squares on a checker board are arranged alternately.
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Vocabulary list

ban
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. disk; disc; record; clock face
  2. tray; shallow bowl
  3. grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
kuro
noun
  1. black
  2. black go stone
  3. guilt; guilty person
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
shiro
noun
  1. white
  2. innocence; innocent person
  3. blank space
  4. white go stone
  5. white dragon tile
  6. skewered grilled pig intestine
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
masu
noun
  1. measuring container; measure
  2. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
  3. square on a grid; cell of a grid (esp. マス)
  4. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kougoni
adverb
  1. alternately; by turns; one after the other
kougo
no adjective, noun, suru verb
  1. alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal (usu. as 〜に)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
narabu

te-form

narande
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to line up; to stand in a line
  2. to rival; to match; to equal
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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