Etymology

igui

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Today it means: In shogi variants, a type of move in which a piece captures an opposing piece without moving. Full definition →

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The story

Borrowed from Japanese 居食(いぐ)い (igui, “living in idleness; idle feeding”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.