将棋倒し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
将	棋	倒
しょう Grade: 6	ぎ Grade: S	たお > だお Grade: S

Alternative spelling
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).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーぎだおし [shòógídáꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡʲida̠o̞ɕi]

Noun

将(しょう)棋(ぎ)倒(だお)し • (shōgidaoshi) ^{←しやうぎだふし (syaugidafusi)?}

1. falling over one after another, falling like dominoes, going like ninepins
2. a stampede resulting in injury
3. standing up shogi pieces in a line and knocking them over