代だい将しょうだいしょうじ字FuriganaMeanings1nounbrigadier general; commodoreHistorical military rank used in the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy, roughly equivalent to a brigadier general in the army or a commodore in the navy. Not used in modern Self-Defense Forces.彼かれの曽そう祖そ父ふは陸りく軍ぐんの代だい将しょうだった。His great-grandfather was a brigadier general in the army.