おうしょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おうしょう – see the following entry.

【王将】 [noun] (shogi) a king-general (one of two pieces with movement corresponding to the king in Western chess; for the stronger or higher-ranked player who makes the second move) [noun] (shogi) one of the eight major titles of professional shogi, conferred to the winner of an 王将戦 (ōshō-sen, “king match”)

(This term, おうしょう (ōshō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)