One way to improve is to do tsume shogi problems. https://lishogi.org/study/topic/Tsume/hot Tactical problems, tesuji, is also a good way to improve. Many books in Japanese are available, and learning numbers and piece names in kanji does not require much effort. For moves you will also need the kanji for under promote, left, right, up, down & drop. Shogi has an excellent handicap system which allows players of greatly different strength to play enjoyable games. A few variants worth a look are Tori Shog...