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将棋 (しょうぎ): Japanese chess — Japanese vocabulary

将棋 is read しょうぎ and means "Japanese chess". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

将棋

Reading
しょうぎ · shougi
Translation
Japanese chess
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
しょうぎが

Example

いつ来てくださっても、将棋の相手をしますよ。

いつきてくださっても、しょうぎのあいてをしますよ。

No matter when you come, I'll play a game of Japanese chess with you.

Kanji in this word

  • 将 — general, leader
  • 棋 — Chess Piece, Japanese Chess, Shogi

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