tenuki
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 手抜き (tenuki).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛˈnuːki/
- Rhymes: -uːki
Noun
tenuki (plural tenuki)
- (go, shogi) playing elsewhere; ignoring the opponent's last move.
See also
- intermezzo
- zwischenzug
Verb
tenuki (third-person singular simple present tenukis, present participle tenukiing, simple past and past participle tenukied)
- (intransitive) To play elsewhere; to ignore the opponent's last move.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To shift one's attention away from an ongoing task; to change gears.