Etymology

shogi

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Today it means: Japanese chess; a board game similar to chess, developed and traditionally played in Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 将棋
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from将棋“literally, general’s game”
  2. English todayshogi

From Japanese 将棋 (shōgi, “literally, general’s game”). Doublet of janggi.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.