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表層形
打ち欠け
ウチカケ
動詞

打ち欠け (ウチカケ)

Uchikake · うちかけ — to break off, to knock off; to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone

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打ち欠け in rōmaji: uchikake.

動詞 一般 * *
📝 打ち欠く 🔤 五段-カ行 📐 仮定形-一般
Updated: 2026年9月27日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
打ち欠け
見出し語 (Lemma)
打ち欠く
読み (Reading)
ウチカケ
品詞 (POS)
動詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
五段-カ行
活用形 (Conj. Form)
仮定形-一般
表記 (Orthography)
打ち欠け
読み・基本形
ウチカク
表記・基本形
打ち欠く
見出し語の読み
ウチカク
How it's used

Used in go (strategic board game) context, when a player intentionally creates a defect in their own group to gain a tactical advantage.

打ち欠けを覚悟で攻めた。
Uchikake o kakugo de semeta.
I attacked, prepared to accept the sacrifice.

この形は打ち欠けが生じる。
Kono katachi wa uchikake ga shōjiru.
This shape results in a broken-off stone.

⚖️ Often confused with 欠け (kake) meaning 'chip' or 'defect' in general; 打ち欠け specifically refers to a deliberate tactical sacrifice in go.

💡 English Meaning

打ち欠け means “to break off, to knock off; to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

打ち欠く (ウチカク) — main entry →

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ウチカケ
Lemma: 打ち欠く
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
ます形 (Polite)
打ち欠きます
て形 (Te-form)
打ち欠いて
過去形 (Past)
打ち欠いた
否定形 (Negative)
打ち欠かない
意向形 (Volitional)
打ち欠きましょう
可能形 (Potential)
打ち欠ける
受身形 (Passive)
打ち欠かれる
使役形 (Causative)
打ち欠かせる
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