shogi

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/ˈʃoʊɡiː/

noun

Japanese chess; a board game similar to chess, developed and traditionally played in Japan.

Similar
Japanese chess
OriginJapanese 将棋 →
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Meanings

nounshogi (uncountable)
  1. uncountableJapanese chess; a board game similar to chess, developed and traditionally played in Japan.

    But to the surprise of many in the chess fraternity, Hassabis also began to compete in other mind games: bridge and backgammon, Diplomacy and draughts, as well as the Japanese chess variant shogi.

    2026, Sebastian Mallaby, chapter 1, in The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence, Penguin, →ISBN

    Synonyms: Japanese chess

Synonyms & antonyms

nounJapanese chess; a board game similar to chess, developed and traditionally played in Japan.

Similar
Japanese chess

Origin

  1. Japanese将棋“literally, general’s game”
  2. Englishshogi

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

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Translations

Arabic شُوغِي
  • شُوغِي (šūḡī)variant of chess
Chinese Mandarin 將棋 /将棋, 日本將棋 /日本将棋
  • 將棋 /将棋 (jiàngqí)variant of chess
  • 日本將棋 /日本将棋 (rìběn jiàngqí)variant of chess
Czech šógi
  • šógivariant of chess
Finnish shōgi
  • shōgivariant of chess
French shogi, shōgi
  • shogivariant of chess
  • shōgivariant of chess
German Shogi
  • Shogivariant of chess
Greek σόγκι
  • σόγκι (sógki)variant of chess
Hindi शोगी
  • शोगी (śogī)variant of chess
Hungarian sógi
  • sógivariant of chess
Indonesian sogi
  • sogivariant of chess
Japanese 将棋
  • 将棋 (shōgi)variant of chess
Korean 쇼기, 장기
  • 쇼기 (syogi)variant of chess
  • 장기 (janggi)variant of chess
Lithuanian šogis
  • šogisvariant of chess
Polish siogi
  • siogivariant of chess
Portuguese shogi
  • shogivariant of chess
Russian сёги
  • сёги (sjógi)variant of chess
Spanish shogi
  • shogivariant of chess
Turkish şogi
  • şogivariant of chess
Ukrainian сьо́ґі
  • сьо́ґі (sʹógi)variant of chess
Vietnamese cờ tướng Nhật Bản
  • cờ tướng Nhật Bảnvariant of chess

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Goshi
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APA

shogi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shogi

MLA

“shogi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shogi. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shogi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shogi.

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