将

Meaning

将 centers on a person who leads or commands, such as a general or admiral. The other meanings—soon, from now on, just about—extend from the idea of taking the lead in time or action.

• 将来しょうらい
  N5

  future; (future) prospects

• 将軍しょうぐん
  N1

  general

• 将棋しょうぎ
  N2

  shogi; Japanese chess

• 将しょう

  commander; general; leader

• 大将たいしょう

  general; admiral

• 武将ぶしょう

  military commander

• 将校しょうこう

  commissioned officer; military officer

• 王将おうしょう

  (senior player's) king

• 女将おかみ

  proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper

• 主将しゅしょう

  commander-in-chief; supreme commander

• 名将めいしょう

  great commander; famous commander

• 少将しょうしょう

  major general; rear admiral; air commodore

• 中将ちゅうじょう

  lieutenant general; vice-admiral

• 将官しょうかん

  general; admiral

• 詰将棋つめしょうぎ

  (constructed) shogi problem; shogi puzzle

• 大将軍たいしょうぐん

  commander-in-chief

• 将軍家しょうぐんけ

  family positioned to accede to the shogunate

• 将兵しょうへい

  officers and men

• 征夷大将軍せいいたいしょうぐん

  commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE)

• 冬将軍ふゆしょうぐん

  General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost

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