Use of Japanese Terms
Although Go originated in China, the current English and Western technical vocabulary borrows a high proportion of terms from the Japanese language because it was through Japan that Go was introduced to Western culture.
Many of these terms are from a jargon used for technical go writing and to some extent specially developed for go journalism. Some authors of English-language go materials avoid use of Japanese technical terms, and the way they are applied can differ in subtle ways from the original meanings.
A very small number of Korean-language terms have come into use (e.g. haengma as a way of describing the development of stones).
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