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Japanese word 将棋: Japanese chess game. Meanings and example sentences.

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将棋 (しょうぎ): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

将棋 (しょうぎ) means Japanese chess game.

See example sentences below.

将棋 at a glance

将棋

しょうぎshougi

N2noun

Japanese chess game

将棋しょうぎshougiN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 将棋

Core meaning

Japanese chess game

Basic example sentences

Example 1

父と将棋を指しました。

Translation

I played shogi with my father.

Example 2

将棋は頭を使うゲームです。

Translation

Shogi is a game that uses your brain.

Kanji 棋: chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

Kanji 棋: chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

Kanji 棋: meanings, readings, and example words.

Kanji 将: leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about

Kanji 将: leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about

Kanji 将: meanings, readings, and example words.

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