jmdict 1656230 Active (id#2341573)
詰将棋； 詰め将棋 [news2,nf43]
【 つめしょうぎ [news2,nf43] 】
  1. [n] {shogi}
    • (constructed) shogi problem
    • shogi puzzle
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1226490 詰む 2. to be checkmated
    • ⇐ see: 2865899 余詰【よづめ】 1. unintended solution (to a puzzle); unexpected checkmate; wrong move order (in a solution)
History:
    • A 2025-06-07 00:53:08 Jim Breen (id#2341573)
    • A* 2025-06-03 19:32:04 Sombrero1 (id#2341351)
    • Comments
      From what I can see this is basically the shogi equivalent of chess puzzles, as can be played on sites like chess.com or lichess.org.

Not sure "composed" is a good fit
    • Refs
      Sankoku, Shinsen

E.g. this site provides daily shogi puzzles
https://www.shogi.or.jp/tsume_shogi/everyday/
    • Diff
      @@ -21 +21,2 @@
-<gloss>composed shogi problem</gloss>
+<gloss>(constructed) shogi problem</gloss>
+<gloss>shogi puzzle</gloss>
    • A 2022-09-04 01:38:07 Jim Breen (id#2207413)
    • Comments
      I don't think it applies to chess.
    • Diff
      @@ -22 +21,0 @@
-<gloss>chess problem</gloss>
    • A* 2022-09-03 23:05:47 Stephen Kraus (id#2207398)
    • Refs
      Maybe "chess problem" shouldn't be the leading gloss

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 詰め将棋　　 │  45,864 │ 24.3% │
│ 詰将棋　　　 │ 142,406 │ 75.5% │
│ つめしょうぎ │     262 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>詰将棋</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -8,3 +10,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>詰将棋</keb>
@@ -18,0 +19,3 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1226490">詰む・2</xref>
+<field>&shogi;</field>
+<gloss>composed shogi problem</gloss>
@@ -20 +22,0 @@
-<gloss>composed shogi problem</gloss>
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