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足軽大将 (あしがるだいしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

足あし軽がる大だい将しょう

also: あしがるたいしょう

Meanings

1

noun

commander of a troop of foot soldiers (ashigaru)

Historical military rank in feudal Japan; a samurai who led a unit of ashigaru (foot soldiers).

戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、足あし軽がる大だい将しょうは戦せん場じょうで足あし軽がるたちを指し揮きした。
During the Warring States period, the ashigaru taishō commanded the foot soldiers on the battlefield.

Written forms

足軽大将
- あしがるだいしょう
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading あしがるだいしょう is the most common.
- あしがるたいしょう
  Alternate reading; less common than あしがるだいしょう.
あしがるたいしょう

Kanji

足leg, foot, be sufficient

lightly, trifling, unimportant

大large, big

将leader, commander, general

Similar words

足あし軽がる
足軽 refers to the common foot soldiers themselves, while 足軽大将 is the commander who leads them.
大たい将しょう
大将 is a general term for a commander or leader, but 足軽大将 specifically denotes the commander of ashigaru troops.

Etymology

Compound of 足軽 (ashigaru, 'foot soldier') and 大将 (taishō, 'general, commander'). The reading だいしょう is a rendaku form of たいしょう.