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.