noun
Meijin-sen (shogi title match)
Annual professional shogi title match to determine the Meijin (master) champion.
See also: 名人 (めいじん)
今年の名人戦は非常に白熱した戦いだった。
This year's Meijin-sen was a very heated battle.
noun
Annual professional go tournament to decide the Meijin title holder.
See also: 名人 (めいじん)
囲碁の名人戦は新聞社が主催している。
The go Meijin-sen is sponsored by a newspaper company.
noun
Meijin-sen (karuta title match)
Annual competitive karuta (hyakunin isshu) championship match for the Meijin title.
See also: クイーン戦 (クイーンせん) · 名人
かるたの名人戦は毎年一月に開催される。
The karuta Meijin-sen is held every January.
クイーン戦 is the women's title match in karuta, analogous to the Meijin-sen for men.
Compound of 名人 (master) and 戦 (match, contest). The term is used across multiple traditional Japanese games for the championship match.