棋き客かく

noun

shogi player; go player

A somewhat formal or literary term for a player of shogi or go. In everyday speech, 将棋指し or 碁打ち are more common.

• 彼かれは若わかいながらも名なの知しれた棋き客かくだ。

  Though young, he is a well-known shogi/go player.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの棋き客かくたちの記き録ろくが残のこっている。

  Records of Edo-period shogi and go players remain.