shogi

See also: shōgi

English

Etymology

From Japanese 将棋 (しょうぎ, shōgi).

A game of shogi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʊɡiː/
• Rhymes: -oʊɡiː

Noun

shogi (uncountable)

1. Japanese chess; a chess variant created and mainly played in Japan.

Translations

variant of chess

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 將棋 (zh), 将棋 (zh) (jiāngqí), (Chinese variety) 象棋 (zh) (xiàngqí)

• Czech: šógi
• French: shogi (fr) m, shōgi m

• German: Shōgi n
• Japanese: 将棋 (ja) (しょうぎ, shōgi)
• Korean: 쇼기 (syogi), 장기 (ko) (janggi) (Korean janggi)
• Russian: сёги (ru) f pl (sjógi)

See also

• xiangqi
• janggi

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Japanese

Romanization

shogi

1. Rōmaji transcription of しょぎ