Want to play chess with a Japanese but don't know what words to use? In this article, we are going to share a list of Japanese chess-related terms and words. Take advantage of the situation and also highlight words from the shogi, japanese chess.
Japanese Chess Terms
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Romaji | Japanese | Portuguese |
chekkumeeto | チェックメート | check-mate |
anpasen | アンパサン | stalemate capturing a pawn that has just moved with another pawn |
atsuryoku wo kakeru | 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 | arrangement of parts in the frame, etc. |
hangeki | 反撃 | counterattack |
ippo | 一歩 | one step, move one square (king) |
joban | 序盤 | starting game |
kaisetsu | 解説 | game commentary, etc. |
kifu | 棋譜 | record a game of chess, go, etc. |
king | キング | king |
koma | 駒 | chess piece from another similar game |
kougeki | 攻撃 | attack |
koukan | 交換 | exchange parts (suru verb) |
kuiin | クイーン | queen |
kuro | クロ | player playing with black pieces |
kuukan | 空間 | space as 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 |
but u | マス [升] | square on the board has 1 hitomasu square, 2 futamasu squares… |
naito | ナイト | horse |
naraberu | 並べる | to align pieces in a frame, etc. |
nyumon | 入門 | introduction or chess guide |
poon | ポーン | pawn |
puromooshyon | プロモーション(also 昇格 | promotion of a pawn to another queen piece, etc. |
rūku | ルーク | Tower |
rules | ルール | how to play the game |
senjutsu | 戦術 | tactics |
senryaku | 戦略 | strategy |
senshuken | 選手権 | championship, title used for chess and other sports |
shiai | 試合 | match / game |
shihai suru | 支配する | master |
shiro | シロ | player playing with white pieces |
shuuban | 終盤 | game over |
you | 手 | a chess move |
tenkai suru | 展開する | develop a play |
torikaesu | とりかえす | recapture a piece that has just taken another piece |
toru | とる | capture a piece |
ugokasu | (駒を)動かす | move a piece [transitive] |
ugoku | (駒が)動く | move a piece [intransitive] |