Do you want to play chess with a Japanese person but don't know what words to use? In this article, we will share a list of chess-related terms and words in Japanese. Take advantage of the situation and also highlight words from shogi, Japanese chess.
Japanese Chess Terms
Romaji | Japanese | Portuguese |
checkmate | チェックメート | Checkmate |
"anpasen" does not require translation as it appears to be a term or name that should remain unchanged in the output. | アンパサン | stalemate capturing a pawn that has just moved with another pawn |
Apply pressure | 圧力をかける | To apply pressure to an area of the frame |
ban | 番 | player turn |
bishoppu | ビショップ | Bishop |
check | チェック | Check |
chesu | チェス | Chess |
chesu ban | チェス盤 | Chessboard |
chuuban | 中盤 | middle game |
haichi | 配置 | array of pieces on the board, etc |
counterattack | 反撃 | counter-attack |
ippo | 一歩 | one step, move a square (king) |
joban | 序盤 | starting game |
explanation | 解説 | game commentary, etc. |
kifu | 棋譜 | chess game log, go, etc. |
kingu | キング | king |
koma | 駒 | chess piece from another similar game |
attack | 攻撃 | attack |
exchange | 交換 | exchange parts (suru verb) |
kuiin | クイーン | queen |
black | クロ | player playing with black pieces |
kuukan | 空間 | space like in the dominant space in the center of the board, etc. |
kyasuringu | キャスリング | exchanging rook and king on both sides of the board |
kyokumen | 局面 | the general position or state of the council |
"masu" | マス [升] | the square on the board has 1 hitomasu square, 2 futamasu squares... |
night | ナイト | horse |
naraberu | 並べる | to align pieces in a frame, etc. |
introduction | 入門 | introduction or chess guide |
pōn | ポーン | pawn |
puromooshyon | Promotion (also 昇格 | promotion of a pawn to another piece queen, etc. |
rūku | ルーク | Tower |
regras | ルール | how to play the game |
senjutsu | 戦術 | tactics |
strategy | 戦略 | strategy |
winning the championship | 選手権 | championship, title used for chess and other sports |
match | 試合 | match / game |
shihai suru | 支配する | to dominate |
shiro | シロ | player playing with white pieces |
"shuuban" | 終盤 | game over |
tea | 手 | a chess move |
tenkai suru | 展開する | develop a play |
torikaesu | とりかえす | recapture a piece that just captured another piece |
toru | とる | capture a piece |
move | (駒を)動かす | move a piece [transitive] |
ugoku | (駒が)動く | move a piece [intransitive] |