(shogi, chess) check (move threatening the king, or announcement of this threat) / having the opponent within one's grasp

shogi (Japanese chess) / any of several shogi variants that are (or have been) played in Japan and elsewhere

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

to address someone, to direct, to do (something to someone) / to be about to, to begin / in the middle of, to begin (not complete)

賭け: gambling, betting / 掛: credit / soba served in a hot soup

成り掛ける: to be on the verge, to be on the brink.

to call by phone

when it comes to... / in the filed of...