See also: 將棋

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 將棋 (“shogi; janggi”).
(This term is the simplified form of 將棋).
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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 6
き > ぎ
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
將棋 (kyūjitai)
象戯 (obsolete)
象棋 (obsolete)

First attested in Shinsarugakuki (11th century) as 將基,[1] but also later as 象戯 or 象棋 in other literatures.[2] Probably cognate with Chinese 象棋 (xiàngqí).

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(しょう)() (shōgiしやうぎ (syaugi)?

  1. shogi (Japanese chess)
    Synonyms: 日本将棋 (Nihon shōgi), 本将棋 (honshōgi)
    ()(ほん)(しょう)()(れん)(めい)
    Nihon Shōgi Renmei
    Japanese Shogi Association
    • 2000 July 7 [2000 May 17], Seimaru Amagi with Sato, Fumiya, “FILE(ファイル) 3(さん) ()(しゃ)のチェックメイト The() Great(グレート) Chess(チェス) Player(プレーヤー) Akechi(アケチ) 〈(もん)(だい)(へん)(いち)”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files], 3rd edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      これは(おれ)とオッサンの(ひる)メシ()けた(しょう)()なんだぜ?それにチェックメイトは「チェス」の(よう)()じゃん!(おれ)(しょう)()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 shogi!
      (しょう)()もチェスも(もと)(おな)じインド(しょう)()からきてるんですよ!()(ほん)(てき)なルールは()わりません‼
      Shōgi mo chesu mo moto wa onaji Indo shōgi kara kiterun desu yo! Kihonteki na rūru wa kawarimasen‼
      Both shogi 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.
    (しょう)()(るい)
    shōgirui
    chess variant

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