副ふく将しょう軍ぐん

noun

vice-shogun; lieutenant general

Historical title for a deputy to the shogun in feudal Japan; also used as a modern military rank equivalent to lieutenant general.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、副ふく将しょう軍ぐんは将しょう軍ぐんに次つぐ高たかい地ち位いだった。

  In the Edo period, the vice-shogun was a high position second only to the shogun.

• 彼かれは陸りく軍ぐんで副ふく将しょう軍ぐんまで昇しょう進しんした。

  He was promoted to lieutenant general in the army.