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穴熊
穴熊
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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穴 | 熊 |
あな Grade: 6 |
くま > ぐま Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Noun
穴熊 (hiragana あなぐま, romaji anaguma)
- (animal) badger
- (shogi) “badgering”: a specific tactic in shogi, wherein the king is located at the corner of the board and surrounded by other pieces of the same side
- Compare the castling tactic in Western chess.
References
- ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.
- 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067