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] |
