将棋倒し
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
| 将 | 棋 | 倒 |
Etymology [edit]
将棋 (shōgi) (“Japanese chess”) plus the nominative form of 倒す (taosu) (“knock over”), with 連濁 (rendaku)
Noun [edit]
将棋倒し (hiragana しょうぎだおし, romaji shōgidaoshi)
- 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
