将棋倒し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 6

Grade: S
たお > だお
Grade: S
Alternative spelling
將棋倒し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

将棋 (shōgi, Japanese chess) plus the nominative form of 倒す (taosu, knock over). The tao reading for changes to dao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しょーぎだおし [shòógídáꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːɡʲida̠o̞ɕi]

Noun

(しょう)()(だお) • (shōgidaoshi) しやうぎだふし (syaugidafusi)?

  1. falling over one after another, falling like dominoes, going like ninepins
  2. a stampede resulting in injury
  3. standing up shogi pieces in a line and knocking them over

References

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