Shōgi Daoshi (将棋倒し – Human Avalanche)
Shōgi Daoshi
将棋倒し
An accident where many people fall down one after another in a chain is sometimes referred to as shōgi daoshi (将棋倒し) in Japanese.
多くの人々が、連鎖的に転倒する事故のことを、「将棋倒し」ということがあります。
Shōgi (将棋) is a Japanese board game similar to chess, and daoshi/taoshi (倒し) means “to knock down,” so the literal meaning of shōgi daoshi is “knocking shogi down.”
「将棋」は日本版のチェスのようなもので、「倒し」は “to knock down” を意味するので、「将棋倒し」の文字どおりの意味は “knocking shogi down” となります。
Shogi pieces are usually thick and pentagonal, and you can make them stand on their ends.
将棋の駒は、五角形の厚みのある板が一般的で、立たせることができます。
In a game called shōgi daoshi, shogi pieces are made to stand at regular intervals, and they are knocked down in a chain, like dominoes.
これを一定間隔で並べ、端の駒を押して連鎖的に駒を倒す遊びを、「将棋倒し」といいます。
From the image of shogi pieces falling one after another, the term shōgi daoshi came to mean “an accident where people fall in a chain.”
この遊びは、「ドミノ倒し」とほとんど同じです。
