将棋

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).

• (Tokyo) しょーぎ [shòógí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡʲi]

将(しょう)棋(ぎ) • (shōgi) ^{←しやうぎ (syaugi)?}

1. shogi (Japanese chess)

   Synonyms: 日本将棋 (Nihon shōgi), 本将棋 (honshōgi)

   日(に)本(ほん)将(しょう)棋(ぎ)連(れん)盟(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)　死(し)者(しゃ)のチェックメイト　The(ザ) Great(グレート) Chess(チェス) Player(プレーヤー) Akechi(アケチ)　〈問(もん)題(だい)編(へん)１(いち)〉 [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], 3rd edition (fiction), 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 shogi!

     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 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.

   将(しょう)棋(ぎ)類(るい)

   shōgirui

   chess variant