駒

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.)

Nihon University, Toyo University, Komazawa University and Senshu University (group of similarly ranked private universities in Tokyo)

major piece

Komazawa University (abbr)

Komazawa Women's University

(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

minor piece

bridge of shamisen

promoted piece

piece placed to block opponent's check

pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies)

yearling

stand where captured shogi pieces are placed

to make a move

nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

captured piece that can be reused

Siberian rubythroat (Luscinia calliope)

to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)

horse offspring

Tsudakoma Corporation

anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight

koma shape

horse put out to pasture in spring

handicap

Komazawa Women's Junior College

Equuleus (constellation)

true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)

small fence to keep out people and horses

furigoma

wooden signboard with a peaked top (usu. with information about a historical place)

low wooden clogs

dicentra (Dicentra peregrina)

Komazawa University

loss of material

Komadai Tomakomai

Indigofera pseudotinctoria (species of legume)

Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige)

European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

shogi piece

shogi piece

wild or untamed horse

sacrificial pawn

time flies

Tomakomaikomazawa University

something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect

American robin (Turdus migratorius)

something appearing from a place one wouldn't expect