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    3. 王手

    王手

    王おう手て

    check

    KMT7News #16+1Noun, Participle, VerbGamesKanji Vocab8 strokes

    おうて

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    check
    shogi

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは将しょう棋ぎで相あい手てに王おう手てをかけた。

    He put his opponent in check in shogi.

    KMT6Games
    相あい手ての王おう手てに対たいして、彼かれは冷れい静せいに対たい応おうした。

    He calmly responded to his opponent's check.

    KMT7Games
    詰つめ将しょう棋ぎでは、いかに早はやく王おう手てをかけるかが重じゅう要ようだ。

    In tsume shogi (shogi puzzles), it's important how quickly you can put the king in check.

    KMT7Games
    彼かれはチェスでも将しょう棋ぎの王おう手てにあたる「チェック」をよく使つかう。

    He often uses 'check,' which is the equivalent of shogi's 'ōte,' even in chess.

    KMT7Games
    最さい終しゅう局きょく面めんで王おう手てをかけられたが、彼かれは見み事ごとに逆ぎゃく転てんの一いっ手てを指さした。

    Although he was put in check in the final phase, he brilliantly made a move that turned the game around.

    KMT8Games

    Kanji that make up this word

    王
    king・rule・magnate
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
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