N2190/1725

将しょう棋ぎ

rarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)

Reading

しょうぎ

Meanings

shogi, Japanese chess

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Example sentences

父ちちは将棋しょうぎが得意とくいで、地域ちいきの大会たいかいでよく優勝ゆうしょうしている。

My father is good at shogi and often wins local tournaments.

将棋しょうぎは日本にほんの伝統的でんとうてきなボードゲームで、二人ふたりで対戦たいせんする。

Shogi is a traditional Japanese board game played between two people.

将棋しょうぎを覚おぼえたいと思おもって、入門書にゅうもんしょを買かった。

I wanted to learn shogi, so I bought a beginner's guide.

彼かれは将棋しょうぎをまったく指さしたことがないので、ルールを一いちから説明せつめいした。

Since he had never played shogi at all, I explained the rules from scratch.

将棋しょうぎの名人戦めいじんせんは、日本にほんの将棋界しょうぎかいにおける最もっとも権威けんいある棋戦きせんの一ひとつとされている。

The Shogi Meijin tournament is considered one of the most prestigious title matches in the Japanese shogi world.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)