Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
とん
Grade: S

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(とん)() (tonshi

  1. Sudden death.
  2. (shogi) A blunder that leads to checkmate.

Synonyms edit

Verb edit

(とん)()する (tonshi surusuru (stem (とん)() (tonshi shi), past (とん)()した (tonshi shita))

  1. To die suddenly.
  2. (shogi) To blunder and be checkmated.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN