あの腕の立つ若い棋士は、なかなか大胆だ。わざと、どこからも攻撃されやすいように、しかも陥落されやすいようにみせかけて、相手が最も予期しない時に王手を決める。

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English Translation

The talented young chess player is very bold. He deliberately lays himself open to attack, makes himself vulnerable and then checkmates his opponent when least expected.

Furigana

あの腕(うで)の立(た)つ若(わか)い棋士(きし)は、なかなか大胆(だいたん)だ。わざと、どこからも攻撃(こうげき)されやすいように、しかも陥落(かんらく)されやすいようにみせかけて、相手(あいて)が最(もっと)も予期(よき)しない時(とき)に王手(おうて)を決(き)める。

Romanji

Ano ude no tatsu wakai kishi wa, nakanaka daitan da. wazato, doko kara mo kōgekisare yasui yōni, shikamo kanrakusare yasui yōni misekakete, aite ga mottomo yokishinai tokini ōte o kimeru.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

腕 (うで)

arm; skill; efforts; ability

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

立つ (たつ)

to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

棋士 (きし)

shogi player; go player

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

中中 (なかなか)

very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; by no means (with negative verb); not readily; middle; half-way point; excellent; wonderful; very good

大胆 (だいたん)

bold; daring; audacious

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

態と (わざと)

on purpose

何処 (どこ、いずこ、いずく、いづこ、いどこ)

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

攻撃 (こうげき)

attack; strike; offensive; criticism; censure; denunciation; condemnation

易い (やすい)

easy; likely to ..., have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

然も (しかも)

moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

陥落 (かんらく)

fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation

見せかける (みせかける)

to pretend; to feign

相手 (あいて)

companion; partner; company; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

予期 (よき)

expectation; assume will happen; forecast

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

王手 (おうて)

checkmate; check

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

決める (きめる)

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs