From: Kevin Delashmit <KDelash107 <at> AOL <dot> COM>
Date: 11 mar 1999
Subject: Japanese Phrases

Hi all,

I've been playing Java Shogi for the last few months and am having a great
time, now that I finally have "live" opponents to play against.  I suspect
that I am the only person in Texas who knows the game.  I hope someone can
help me with the following:

First, can someone help me with these 3 phrases...
Onegaishimasu
Mairmashita
arigatougozaimashita

And, secondly... the following happened when I lost the last game that I
played...<yes, I have been winning some... :)  >   My opponent broke my edo
castle and cornered my King, his last piece in hand was the Gin and the drop
to checkmate was obvious... he delayed dropping the piece and as his time was
running out I sent a message asking him if he intended to make the last move
before he ran out of time. He replied "sonoko is coming" .  When I questioned
this he said "sonoko is a white faced actress" and when I again pointed out
that he needed to make his last play he replied "you need to study sonoko".
He then let time run out instead of making the winning move.
    Can someone tell me if there is meaning to this...


Thanks,
   Del