Hans Geuns' Basic Shogi Vocabulary

Contents

1. General terms
   1.1) Shogi and Shogi variants
   1.2) Playing equipment
   1.2.1) Shogi set and other utensils
   1.2.2) Artisans and materials
   1.2.3) Script
   1.3) The Shogi board
   1.4) Pieces
   1.5) Games
   1.6) Victory and defeat
   1.7) Abbreviations in game scores
2. Tsume Shogi
   2.1) Mate and brinkmate
   2.2) Tsume Shogi
   2.3) Mate compositions
   2.3.1) Compositions
   2.3.2) Special techniques
   2.3.3) Classics
3. Moves and movements
   3.1) Moves
   3.2) Movements
   3.2.1) Simple movements and actions
   3.2.2) Drops and promotion
   3.2.3) Single pieces
   3.2.4) Capture, exchange and sacrifices
4. Strategy and tactics
   4.1) General terms
   4.2) Systems and variations
   4.3) Opening strategies
   4.3.1) Static rook
   4.3.2) Ranging rook
   4.3.3) Yagura
   4.3.4) Surprise openings
   4.4) Castles
   4.4.1) Mino group
   4.4.2) Yagura group
   4.4.3) Other castles
   4.5) Tesuji
   
5. Position and development
   5.1) Position
   5.1.1) Overall position
   5.1.2) Single points
   5.1.3) Single pieces
   5.2) Development
   5.2.1) Begin, middle, end
   5.2.2) Developments
   5.2.3) Opportunity and danger
   5.2.4) Success and failure
   
6. Attack and defence
   6.1) Attack
   6.2) Defence
   
7. Analysis
   7.1) Common terms
   7.2) Diagrams
   7.3) Comparison
   7.4) Evaluation
   7.4.1) Positive
   7.4.2) Negative
   
8. Psychology
   8.1) Feelings
   8.2) Thoughts
   
9. Professional Shogi
   9.1) Organization
   9.2) Periodicals of the J.S.F
   9.3) Teacher and pupil
   9.4) Ranking
   9.5) Title matches and tournaments
   9.5.1) Major matches and tournaments
   9.5.2) Setting
   9.5.3) Time keeping
   9.6) Special awards
   
10. Shogi proverbs