将しょう軍ぐん

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Meanings

A high-ranking military officer; used in modern contexts for ranks such as general or admiral, as well as in historical settings.

彼かれは陸りく軍ぐんの将しょう軍ぐんに昇しょう進しんした。
He was promoted to general in the army.
古こ代だいローマの将しょう軍ぐんについて調しらべている。
I'm researching generals of ancient Rome.

noun

shogun

abbreviationhistorical term

Historical abbreviation of 征夷大将軍; the military ruler of Japan during the shogunate periods.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が将しょう軍ぐんになるfor someone to become shogun
徳とく川がわ家いえ康やすは江え戸ど時じ代だいの初はじめに将しょう軍ぐんになった。
Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun at the start of the Edo period.
将しょう軍ぐんに任にん命めいされるto be appointed as general/commander
彼かれは若わかくして将しょう軍ぐんに任にん命めいされた。
He was appointed as a general while still young.
将しょう軍ぐんの座ざを継つぐto inherit the position of shogun
息子むすこが父ちちの後あとを継ついで将しょう軍ぐんの座ざを継ついだ。
The son succeeded his father and inherited the shogunate.

Kanji

将leader, commander, general
軍army, force, troops

Related words· 7

大たい将しょう sense 1
大将 refers to a specific modern military rank (general/admiral), while 将軍 is a broader term covering both modern generals and the historical Japanese shogun.
征せい夷い大たい将しょう軍ぐん sense 2
征夷大将軍 is the full, formal historical title, while 将軍 is the everyday abbreviation used for the same office.
武ぶ将しょう
将軍 is the specific title of the top military ruler (shogun), while 武将 is a general term for any commander or warlord.
提てい督とく
将軍 refers to a top-ranking army general, whereas 提督 specifically denotes a naval admiral.

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元げん帥すい
将軍 is a broader term for a military commander or shogun, while 元帥 refers specifically to the top-most rank of marshal.
司し令れい官かん
将軍 denotes a specific high military rank (general/admiral), whereas 司令官 is a functional role that can be held by officers of various ranks.
将しょう
将軍 refers to a shogun or a specific top-ranking military commander, whereas 将 can denote any commander or leader in general.

Counted with

代だい目め
nth generation; nth person to hold a position

Word family· 8

大たい将しょう軍ぐん
commander-in-chief; supreme general · Taishōgun (calendar deity)
将しょう軍ぐん家け
shogun's family; family positioned to accede to the shogunate
副ふく将しょう軍ぐん
vice-shogun; lieutenant general
将しょう軍ぐん職しょく
shogunate; office of shogun
闇やみ将しょう軍ぐん
power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; shadow shogun

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鬼おに将しょう軍ぐん
lion-hearted general; fierce general
凱がい旋せん将しょう軍ぐん
triumphant general; general returning in triumph
征せい東とう将しょう軍ぐん
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the eastern barbarians

Etymology

From Chinese 將軍 (jiāngjūn, 'general'). The historical Japanese 'shogun' sense is an abbreviation of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, 'great general who subdues the barbarians').