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棋力 (きりょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

棋き力りょく

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Meanings

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noun

skill in go or shogi

Refers to one's ability or strength in the board games go (囲碁) or shogi (将棋). Used in contexts of ranking, improvement, or comparison of players.

彼かれは棋き力りょくが高たかく、アマチュア大たい会かいで優ゆう勝しょうした。
He has strong go/shogi skills and won an amateur tournament.
毎まい日にち詰つめ将しょう棋ぎを解といて棋き力りょくを上あげている。
I improve my shogi skill by solving tsume-shogi puzzles every day.

Kanji

棋chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi
力power, strength, strong

Similar words

棋き士し
棋士 refers to a professional go or shogi player, while 棋力 is the abstract skill level itself.
段だん位い
段位 is a formal rank (dan) in go/shogi, whereas 棋力 is the actual playing strength, which may not always match the rank.

Etymology

Compound of 棋 (ki, 'go' or 'shogi') and 力 (ryoku, 'power' or 'ability'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is straightforwardly understood as 'game-playing strength'.