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    3. 棋士

    棋士

    棋き士し

    professional shogi player

    KMT7News #13+1NounGamesKanji Vocab15 strokes

    きし

    Noun

    1.
    professional shogi player, professional go player

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは有ゆう名めいな将しょう棋ぎの棋き士しです。

    He is a famous professional shogi player.

    KMT6Games
    若わかい棋き士しが次つぎ々つぎとタイトルを獲かく得とくしている。

    Young professional players are winning titles one after another.

    KMT7GamesDaily Life
    多おおくの子こ供どもたちがプロの棋き士しになることを夢ゆめ見みている。

    Many children dream of becoming professional shogi/go players.

    KMT7GamesEducation
    囲い碁ごの棋き士しは、その戦せん略りゃく的てき思し考こうで知しられている。

    Professional Go players are known for their strategic thinking.

    KMT7GamesCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの指さし手ては、他ほかの棋き士しには思おもいつかないような独どく創そう的てきなものだった。

    His moves were so original that other professional players couldn't even conceive of them.

    KMT8GamesEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    棋
    ご…(1)
    chess piece・Japanese chess・shogi
    士
    さむらい…(3)
    gentleman・scholar・samurai・samurai radical (no. 33)
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