竜りゅう

noun

dragon; Chinese dragon

Typically refers to the East Asian dragon, a benevolent water deity, distinct from Western fire-breathing dragons.

See also: ドラゴン

• 竜りゅうは水みずの神かみ様さまとして崇あがめられてきた。

  Dragons have been worshipped as water deities.

• 中ちゅう国ごくの竜りゅうは西せい洋ようのドラゴンとはイメージが違ちがう。

  Chinese dragons have a different image from Western dragons.

noun

naga; serpent deity

In Hindu and Buddhist contexts, a semi-divine being often depicted as a human-cobra hybrid; sometimes translated as 'dragon' but distinct from the East Asian 竜.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうの経きょう典てんにはナーガ（竜りゅう）が登とう場じょうする。

  Nagas (dragons) appear in Buddhist scriptures.

noun

promoted rook

Only with reading りゅう / りょう

Shogi abbreviation for 竜王 (promoted rook). Used only in shogi contexts.

See also: 竜王 (りゅうおう)

• 飛ひ車しゃが成なると竜りゅうになる。

  When a rook promotes, it becomes a dragon (promoted rook).