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Check 王手【おうて】 Japanese Lesson #82

王手おうてがなくなった王様おうさま家来けらいのこして飛行機ひこうき逃亡とうぼうした。

The king put into check with nowhere to run, left his retainers behind  and made his escape by plane.

 

→強力な接着剤でくっつけたので、飛行機から離れられない。

Since he got stuck together with a powerful adhesive, he couldn’t get unstuck from the plane.

Vocab Breakdown

王手(おうて):check (like in chess and shogi)

逃げ場(にげば): a place to run, a place to escape

なくなる:to go away, to run out

王様(おうさま): king

家来(けらい):retainer, slave

残す(のこす):to leave behind

飛行機(ひこうき):airplane 

逃亡する(とうぼうする):to escape, to flee

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