爛柯

らんか

Meanings

1. Noun go (board game) See also: 囲碁 (いご).
2. being so engrossed in go that one loses track of time; being so engrossed in an activity that one loses track of time (from a Chinese legend about a man who watches a game of go for so long that the handle of his axe rots away)

Kanji

• 爛 be sore; inflamed; bleary. Read as ラン.
• 柯 handle. Read as カ.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists