きょくめん
Meanings
Noun
Go
Shogi
1. position in a game; state of the game
2. situation; stage; phase; aspect
Pitch accent
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Composed of
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation
new phase; new aspect; new stage; new situation
Examples (3 in total)
The situation has taken on a new aspect.
The negotiations stepped into a crucial phase.
They are looking at only the sunny side of the American economy.