Shōgi Daoshi (将棋倒し - Human Avalanche)

Shōgi Daoshi

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.

'Shōgi' (将棋) is a Japanese board game similar to chess, and 'daoshi/taoshi' (倒し) means "to knock down," the literal meaning of 'shōgi daoshi' is "knocking shogi down."

Shogi pieces are usually thick pentagonal boards, and you can make them stand.

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.

From the scene of shogi pieces falling one after another, the term 'shōgi daoshi' came to mean "an accident where people fall in a chain."

将棋倒し

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。

「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。

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。

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。

この遊びは、「ドミノ倒し」とほとんど同じです。

次々と駒が倒れる様子から、「人々が連鎖的に転倒する事故」の意味でも使われるようになったというわけです。

• 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.
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• 'Shōgi' (将棋) is a Japanese board game similar to chess, and 'daoshi/taoshi' (倒し) means "to knock down," the literal meaning of 'shōgi daoshi' is "knocking shogi down."
• '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."

• Shogi pieces are usually thick pentagonal boards, and you can make them stand.
• Shogi pieces are usually thick and pentagonal boards, and you can make them stand (on their ends).

  "Boards" isn't generally used to describe small things like shogi pieces.

• 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.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• From the scene of shogi pieces falling one after another, the term 'shōgi daoshi' came to mean "an accident where people fall in a chain."
• 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."