Word details

棋士

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 棋士.

Dictionary

Entry

棋士NounFreq #47345
1

professional shogi player; professional go player

Examples
若い棋士が多少、尊大な感じになるのはよくあることで、 そういうことは将棋界に限った話ではないでしょう。
It often happens that young shogi players become a little self-important, but I don't think that's something limited to the shogi world.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi

12 strokesFrequency 1,311JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

3 strokesFrequency 526JLPT N1Grade 5

On

Kun

さむらい

Nanori

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