穴熊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穴	熊

Etymology

Compound of 穴 (ana, “hole”) +‎ 熊 (kuma, “bear”). The kuma changes to guma due to rendaku (連濁).

Noun

穴熊 (hiragana あなぐま, romaji anaguma)

1. (animal) badger

穴熊

1. (shogi) Anaguma-tactic (the king is located at the corner of the board and surrounded by the other self-pieces)