将棋

See also: 將棋

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 将棋 – see 將棋 (“shogi; janggi”).
(This term, 将棋, is the simplified form of 將棋.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
将 棋
しょう
Grade: 6		 ぎ
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

将棋 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 將棋, hiragana しょうぎ, rōmaji shōgi, historical hiragana しやうぎ)

  1. shogi (Japanese chess)
    • 2000 July 7 [May 17 2000], Amagi, Seimaru; Sato, Fumiya, “FILE 3　死し者しゃのチェックメイト　The Great Chess Player Akechi　〈問もん題だい編へん１〉 [FILE 3: Dead Man’s Checkmate: The Great Chess Player Akechi ‹Problem 1›]”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files] (fiction), 3rd edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      これは俺 (おれ)とオッサンの昼 (ひる)メシ賭 (か)けた勝 (しょう)負 (ぶ)なんだぜ？それにチェックメイトは「チェス」の用 (よう)語 (ご)じゃん！俺 (おれ)ら将 (しょう)棋 (ぎ)やってんだぜ⁉
      Kore wa ore to ossan no hirumeshi kaketa shōbu nan da ze? Sore ni chekkumeito wa “chesu” no yōgo jan! Orera shōgi yatten da ze⁉
      I was playing betting on lunch with pops, damn it! And isn’t checkmate a “chess” term? We were playing shōgi‼
      将 (しょう)棋 (ぎ)もチェスも元 (もと)は同 (おな)じインド将 (しょう)棋 (ぎ)からきてるんですよ！基 (き)本 (ほん)的 (てき)なルールは変 (か)わりません‼
      Shōgi mo chesu mo moto wa onaji Indo shōgi kara kiterun desu yo! Kihonteki na rūru wa kawarimasen‼
      Both shōgi and chess originate from Indian chess! The core rules aren’t really so different‼
  2. any of several shogi variants that are (or have been) played in Japan and elsewhere
  3. any other chess variant such as western chess, xiangqi (Chinese chess) chaturanga, janggi (Korean chess), shatranj, makruk, etc.
    • 2000 July 7 [May 17 2000], Amagi, Seimaru; Satō, Fumiya, “FILE 3　死し者しゃのチェックメイト　The Great Chess Player Akechi　〈問もん題だい編へん１〉 [FILE 3: Dead Man’s Checkmate: The Great Chess Player Akechi ‹Problem 1›]”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files] (fiction), 3rd edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      これは俺 (おれ)とオッサンの昼 (ひる)メシ賭 (か)けた勝 (しょう)負 (ぶ)なんだぜ？それにチェックメイトは「チェス」の用 (よう)語 (ご)じゃん！俺 (おれ)ら将 (しょう)棋 (ぎ)やってんだぜ⁉
      Kore wa ore to ossan no hirumeshi kaketa shōbu nan da ze? Sore ni chekkumeito wa “chesu” no yōgo jan! Orera shōgi yatten da ze⁉
      I was playing betting on lunch with pops, damn it! And isn’t checkmate a “chess” term? We were playing shōgi‼
      将 (しょう)棋 (ぎ)もチェスも元 (もと)は同 (おな)じインド将 (しょう)棋 (ぎ)からきてるんですよ！基 (き)本 (ほん)的 (てき)なルールは変 (か)わりません‼
      Shōgi mo chesu mo moto wa onaji Indo shōgi kara kiterun desu yo! Kihonteki na rūru wa kawarimasen‼
      Both shōgi and chess originate from Indian chess! The core rules aren’t really so different‼

Synonyms
  • (shogi): 日本将棋, 本将棋

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
  • 王 (おう)手 (て) (ōte): check
  • 詰 (つ)み (tsumi): checkmate
  • 禁 (きん)じ手 (て) (kinjite): forbidden moves
  • 千日手 (せんにちて) (sennichite): never-ending moves (one of the forbidden moves)
  • 二 (に)歩 (ふ) (nifu): placing two pawns on the same straight line (one of the forbidden moves)
  • 持 (じ)将 (しょう)棋 (ぎ) (jishōgi): impasse, mutual entering kings
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