方ほう陣じん

noun

square formation (of troops)

Military term for troops arranged in a square, often for defense.

• 敵てきの騎き兵へいを防ふせぐため、兵へい士したちは方ほう陣じんを組くんだ。

  To defend against the enemy cavalry, the soldiers formed a square formation.

noun

magic square

Mathematical term; often appears as 魔方陣 (まほうじん).

See also: 魔方陣

• 魔ま方ほう陣じんは、縦たて横よこ斜ななめの数かずの和わがすべて等ひとしくなるように数すう字じを配はい置ちしたものです。

  A magic square is an arrangement of numbers where the sums of each row, column, and diagonal are all equal.