| と | [to] (prt, conj) (1) if; when; (2) and; (3) with; (4) particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); (n) (5) (abbr) (See と金) promoted pawn (shogi); (P) #10 [Add to Longdo] |
| 上 | [じょう, jou] (n, adj-no, n-adv, n-suf) (1) above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); (2) top; summit; (3) surface; on; (4) before; previous; (5) superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); (6) on top of that; besides; what's more; (7) upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); (8) matters concerning...; as concerns ...; (9) (as ...上は) since (i.e. "for that reason"); (n-suf) (10) (hon) (See 父上) suffix indicating higher social standing; (11) (arch) place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); (12) (arch) emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; (13) (arch) noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman); (P) #111 [Add to Longdo] |
| 金 | [きん, kin] (n, n-suf) (1) gold; golden (color); metaphor for (most) valuable; gold (medal, cup); (2) money (written before an amount); (3) (abbr) (See 金曜) Friday; (4) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth of the five elements); (5) Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); (6) (abbr) (See 金将) gold general (shogi); (7) (abbr) (col) (See 金玉・きんたま) testicles; (suf, ctr) (8) karat; carat; (P) #176 [Add to Longdo] |
| 王 | [おう, ou] (n, n-suf) (1) king; ruler; sovereign; monarch; (2) king (for senior player) (shogi); (P) #347 [Add to Longdo] |
| 馬 | [うま, uma] (n) (1) horse; (2) promoted bishop (shogi); (P) #536 [Add to Longdo] |
| 先 | [せん, sen] (adj-no, n) (1) former; previous; old; (n) (2) first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move #620 [Add to Longdo] |
| 盤 | [ばん, ban] (n, n-suf) (1) disk; disc; record; clock face; (2) tray; shallow bowl; (3) grid; board (e.g. in shogi); (P) #972 [Add to Longdo] |
| 竜(P);龍(oK) | [りゅう(P);たつ;りょう, ryuu (P); tatsu ; ryou] (n) (1) (See ドラゴン) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga (semidivine human-cobra chimera in Indian mythology); (3) (りゅう, りょう only) promoted rook (shogi); (P) #1,686 [Add to Longdo] |
| 角 | [つの, tsuno] (n, n-suf) (1) angle; (2) square (or cube); (3) bishop (shogi); (4) (See 五音) third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale); (5) (See 角宿) Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (6) (See 元・げん) jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan); (P) #1,734 [Add to Longdo] |
| 銀(P);白銀;白金(iK) | [ぎん(銀)(P);しろがね, gin ( gin )(P); shirogane] (n, adj-no) (1) silver; silver coin; silver paint; (n) (2) (ぎん only) silver general (shogi); (P) #1,775 [Add to Longdo] |
| 将軍 | [しょうぐん, shougun] (n) general; shogun; (P) #1,913 [Add to Longdo] |
| 玉 | [ぎょく, gyoku] (n) (1) (also formerly read as ごく) precious stone (esp. jade); (2) { food } egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); (3) stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; (4) (See 建玉) position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); (5) geisha; (6) (abbr) (See 玉代) time charge for a geisha; (7) (abbr) (See 玉将) king (shogi) #2,007 [Add to Longdo] |
| 幕府 | [ばくふ, bakufu] (n) bakufu; shogunate; (P) #2,129 [Add to Longdo] |
| 香 | [こう;こり(ok), kou ; kori (ok)] (n) (abbr) (See 香車) spear (shogi); lance #2,354 [Add to Longdo] |
| 将棋(P);象棋;象戯 | [しょうぎ, shougi] (n) shogi; Japanese chess; xianqi; (P) #2,432 [Add to Longdo] |
| 歩 | [ほ, ho] (n) (abbr) pawn (in chess or shogi) #2,525 [Add to Longdo] |
| 指す | [さす, sasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to point; (2) to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person; (3) to identify; to indicate; to point out; (4) to play (shogi); (5) (See 差す・7) to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance); (P) #2,595 [Add to Longdo] |
| 桂 | [けい, kei] (n) (abbr) (See 桂馬) knight (shogi) #2,647 [Add to Longdo] |
| 歩兵 | [ほへい, hohei] (n) pawn (shogi) #2,989 [Add to Longdo] |
| 飛 | [ひ, hi] (n) (abbr) (See 飛車) rook (shogi) #3,120 [Add to Longdo] |
| 筋(P);条 | [すじ, suji] (n) (1) muscle; tendon; sinew; (2) vein; artery; (3) fiber; fibre; string; (4) line; stripe; streak; (5) (See 筋が通る) reason; logic; (6) plot; storyline; (7) lineage; descent; (8) school (e.g. of scholarship or arts); (9) aptitude; talent; (10) source (of information, etc.); circle; channel; (11) well-informed person (in a transaction); (12) logical move (in go, shogi, etc.); (13) ninth vertical line (shogi); (14) seam on a helmet; (15) (abbr) (See 筋蒲鉾) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.); (16) (arch) social position; status; (n-suf, n, adj-no) (17) on (a river, road, etc.); along; (suf, ctr) (18) counter for long thin things; (19) (arch) (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency); (P) #3,255 [Add to Longdo] |
| 寄せ | [よせ, yose] (n) (1) last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; (n-suf) (2) gathering; collecting; coming together; (P) #3,657 [Add to Longdo] |
| 駒 | [こま, koma] (n) (1) piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (2) (arch) horse; foal; (3) bridge (of a violin, etc.); (P) #4,237 [Add to Longdo] |
| 棋士 | [きし, kishi] (n) shogi or go player; (P) #4,260 [Add to Longdo] |
| 幕末 | [ばくまつ, bakumatsu] (n) closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of Edo era; (P) #4,617 [Add to Longdo] |
| 奉行 | [ぶぎょう, bugyou] (n, vs) magistrate; shogunate administrator; (P) #5,607 [Add to Longdo] |
| 天下 | [てんか(P);てんが;てんげ, tenka (P); tenga ; tenge] (n) (1) the whole world; (2) the whole country; (3) society; the public; (4) supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power; (5) having one's own way; doing as one pleases; (adj-no) (6) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous; (n) (7) (arch) shogun (Edo period); (P) #6,631 [Add to Longdo] |
| 槍(P);鎗;鑓 | [やり, yari] (n) (1) (abbr) spear; lance; (2) javelin; (3) (See 香車) lance (shogi piece); (4) (arch) jeering; (P) #6,703 [Add to Longdo] |
| 旗本 | [はたもと, hatamoto] (n) shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun #7,777 [Add to Longdo] |
| 竜王(P);龍王 | [りゅうおう, ryuuou] (n) (1) Dragon King; (2) promoted rook (shogi); (P) #8,972 [Add to Longdo] |
| 対局 | [たいきょく, taikyoku] (n, vs) (playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.; (P) #10,444 [Add to Longdo] |
| 成る(P);為る | [なる, naru] (v5r, vi) (1) (uk) to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; (2) to result in; to prove to be; (3) to consist of; to be composed of; (4) to succeed; to be complete; (5) to change into; to be exchanged for; (6) (See 成り済ます) to play a role; (7) to be promoted (shogi); (v5r) (8) (hon) (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.) to do ...; (P) #11,050 [Add to Longdo] |
| 詰め;詰 | [つめ;づめ, tsume ; dume] (n, suf) (1) (づめ when a suffix) stuffing; packing; (n) (2) end (esp. the foot of a bridge); (3) lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; (4) tea master; (5) endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); (6) (abbr) sweet eel sauce; (7) (arch) middle-aged woman; (n-suf) (8) appointment to a particular workplace; (9) using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment); (10) (after the -masu stem of a verb) continuing; keep doing for period of time #11,142 [Add to Longdo] |
| 棋戦 | [きせん, kisen] (n) go or shogi tournament #11,826 [Add to Longdo] |
| 飛車 | [ひしゃ, hisha] (n) castle (shogi); rook; (P) #11,915 [Add to Longdo] |
| 定番 | [ていばん, teiban] (n, vs) (1) standing guard; watchman; (n) (2) watchman at the shogun's palaces (Edo period) #12,595 [Add to Longdo] |
| 必死 | [ひっし, hisshi] (adj-na, adj-no) (1) frantic; desperate; (2) inevitable death; (3) (See 必至) brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) (shogi); (P) #12,990 [Add to Longdo] |
| 大奥 | [おおおく, oooku] (n) (See 江戸城) inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem #13,456 [Add to Longdo] |
| 王将 | [おうしょう, oushou] (n) (1) king; (2) king (for senior player) (shogi); (P) #13,597 [Add to Longdo] |
| 棋聖 | [きせい, kisei] (n) great master of go (shogi); (P) #14,628 [Add to Longdo] |
| 竜馬;龍馬 | [りゅうめ, ryuume] (n) (1) splendid horse; (2) promoted bishop (shogi) #16,875 [Add to Longdo] |
| 戊辰戦争 | [ぼしんせんそう, boshinsensou] (n) Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces, 1868-1869) #16,984 [Add to Longdo] |
| 老中 | [ろうじゅう;ろうぢゅう, roujuu ; roudyuu] (n) member of shogun's council of elders #17,038 [Add to Longdo] |
| 成り;為り | [なり, nari] (n) (See 成る・7) being promoted (shogi) #17,590 [Add to Longdo] |
| 江戸城 | [えどじょう, edojou] (n) Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace) #17,723 [Add to Longdo] |
| 公方 | [くぼう, kubou] (n) public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate #17,724 [Add to Longdo] |
| 局面 | [きょくめん, kyokumen] (n, adj-no) (1) position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; (2) aspect of an affair; situation; (P) #18,014 [Add to Longdo] |
| 将軍家 | [しょうぐんけ, shougunke] (n) family positioned to accede to the shogunate #18,083 [Add to Longdo] |
| 先手 | [せんて, sente] (n) (1) the first move; forestalling; initiative; (2) black player (shogi); (P) #18,456 [Add to Longdo] |
| お蔵;お倉;御蔵;御倉 | [おくら;オクラ, okura ; okura] (n) (1) (See 蔵・くら) shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; canceling; the shelf; (2) rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate [Add to Longdo] |
