将棋倒し
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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将 | 棋 | 倒 |
しょう Grade: 6 |
ぎ Grade: S |
たお > だお Grade: S |
Alternative spelling |
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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 倒 changes to dao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
将棋倒し • (shōgidaoshi) ←しやうぎだふし (syaugidafusi)?
- falling over one after another, falling like dominoes, going like ninepins
- a stampede resulting in injury
- standing up shogi pieces in a line and knocking them over
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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