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    3. 後手

    後手

    後ご手て

    losing initiative

    KMT6News #15+1NounSports & Martial ArtsGamesKanji Vocab13 strokes

    ごて

    Noun

    1.
    losing initiative, being forestalled
    2.
    moving second, person with the second move
    3.
    gote, move that does not require an immediate response from the opponent
    goshogi
    4.
    rear guard

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれはいつも後ご手てに回まわってしまう。

    He always ends up losing the initiative.

    KMT5Core Concepts
    計けい画かくが遅おくれて、交こう渉しょうで後ご手てに回まわった。

    The plan was delayed, and we lost the initiative in negotiations.

    KMT6Business & FinanceCore Concepts
    将しょう棋ぎでは、後ごて手ば番んてでも勝かつ戦せん略りゃくがある。

    In shogi, there are strategies to win even when playing second.

    KMT6Games
    試し合あいの序じょ盤ばんで後ご手てに回まわると、挽ばん回かいが難むずかしくなる。

    If you lose the initiative early in the game, it becomes difficult to recover.

    KMT6Sports & Martial Arts
    常つねに先せん手てを打うつことで、後ご手てに回まわる状じょう況きょうを避さけるべきだ。

    We should always take the initiative to avoid being in a situation where we lose it.

    KMT7Business & FinanceCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
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