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一間竜 (いっけんりゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いっ間けん竜りゅう

Meanings

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noun

one-square-gap dragon; tactic of checking with a dragon one square away

shogi

A shogi tactic where a promoted rook (dragon) checks the enemy king from a distance of one square horizontally, often restricting the king's escape.

一いっ間けん竜りゅうは、竜りゅうと玉ぎょくの間あいだに一いちマス空あけて王おう手てをかける手て筋すじだ。
The one-square-gap dragon is a tactic where you check the king with a dragon leaving one square between them.

Written forms

一いっ間けん竜りゅう
Standard kanji spelling for this shogi tactic.
一いっ間けん龍りゅう
out-dated kanji form
Variant using the older form of 竜; marked as out-dated kanji usage.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
間

interval, space

竜dragon, imperial

龍dragon, imperial

Etymology

Compound of 一間 (いっけん, 'one ken', a unit of distance) and 竜 (りゅう, 'dragon', the promoted rook in shogi). The term describes the one-square gap between the dragon and the enemy king.