おうしょう

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Japanese

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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.)