たいきょく

Japanese

Noun

たいきょく • (taikyoku) 

1. 大局: general situation; the whole point, the big picture
2. 対局: a game (of shogi, go, chess, etc.)
3. 対極: antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
4. 太極: tai chi, taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, inc. time and space)