checkerwork

Noun

countable uncountable figuratively

Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material. / (figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.

Japanese Meaning

市松模様の、または交互の色や素材を組み合わせた仕上げやデザイン / （比喩的に）さまざまな変遷や変動の集合体

The artisan's checkerwork on the table caught everyone's attention with its precise alternating maple and walnut squares.

職人がテーブルに施した市松模様の象嵌が、メープルとウォールナットの正確に交互に配置された四角によって皆の注目を集めた。

Sense（1）

Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.

Sense（2）

(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.

How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life of man.

checkerworks

（ plural ）