チェス

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Japanese

 チェス on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from English chess.

Pronunciation

Noun

チェス • (chesu) 

  1. chess (specifically Western chess as opposed to shōgi)
    • 2000 July 7 [2000 May 17], Seimaru Amagi with Sato, Fumiya, “FILE(ファイル) 3(さん)　死(し)者(しゃ)のチェックメイト　The Great Chess Player Akechi　〈問(もん)題(だい)編(へん)１(いち)〉”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files], 3rd edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      これは俺(おれ)とオッサンの昼(ひる)メシ賭(か)けた勝(しょう)負(ぶ)なんだぜ？それにチェックメイトは「チェス」の用(よう)語(ご)じゃん！俺(おれ)ら将(しょう)棋(ぎ)やってんだぜ⁉
      Kore wa ore to ossan no hirumeshi kaketa shōbu nan da ze? Sore ni chekkumeito wa “chesu” no yōgo jan! Orera shōgi yatten da ze⁉
      I was playing betting on lunch with pops, damn it! And isn’t checkmate a “chess” term? We were playing shōgi!!
      将(しょう)棋(ぎ)もチェスも元(もと)は同(おな)じインド将(しょう)棋(ぎ)からきてるんですよ！基(き)本(ほん)的(てき)なルールは変(か)わりません‼
      Shōgi mo chesu mo moto wa onaji Indo-shōgi kara kiterun desu yo! Kihonteki na rūru wa kawarimasen‼
      Both shōgi and chess originate from Indian chess! The core rules aren’t really so different!!

See also

Chess pieces in Japanese · チェスの駒(こま) (chesu no koma) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
キング (kingu) クイーン (kuīn) ルーク (rūku) ビショップ (bishoppu) ナイト (naito) ポーン (pōn)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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