しょうぐん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうぐん – see the following entries.

【将軍】 [noun] (military) a commander of troops, especially of an expeditionary or frontline force [noun] (Kawanakajima shogi) A piece in Kawanakajima shōgi [noun] (military) Synonym of 将官 (shōkan): a general officer [noun] (military, historical) a shogun, supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan

(This term, しょうぐん (shōgun), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 湘軍.)