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SHOGI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("shogi" is a kind of...):
chess; chess game (a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king)
Domain region:
Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)