王手

Japanese

Kanji in this term
王	手
おう Grade: 1	て Grade: 1
on’yomi	kun’yomi

Noun

王(おう)手(て) • (ōte)

(shogi, chess) check (move threatening the king, or announcement of this threat)
having the opponent within one's grasp

Usage notes

Used with verb 掛(か)ける (kakeru).

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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