将しょう棋ぎ倒だおし

noun

falling like dominoes; domino effect

Describes people or things falling one after another in a chain reaction, often in crowds or accidents. The image is of shogi pieces lined up and toppling sequentially.

• 満まん員いん電でん車しゃで将しょう棋ぎ倒だおしが起おきた。

  A domino-like fall occurred on the crowded train.

• 将しょう棋ぎ倒だおしにならないように、ゆっくり進すすんでください。

  Please move slowly so that no one falls like dominoes.

noun

toppling shogi pieces

Original meaning: the act of knocking over shogi pieces that have been stood in a row. Now mostly used figuratively; the literal sense is rare outside shogi contexts.

• 子こ供どもの頃ころ、将しょう棋ぎの駒こまを並ならべて将しょう棋ぎ倒だおしをして遊あそんだ。

  As a child, I lined up shogi pieces and played at knocking them over.