ほへい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ほへい – see the following entry.

[noun] This term needs a translation to English.

[noun] (shogi, archaic or colloquial) Synonym of 歩 (fu) or 歩 (ho): a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called in most literature as the equivalent of the “pawn” in Western chess

(This term, ほへい, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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