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Japanese: 将軍 - しょうぐん

〘Noun〙 (formerly also called "Shokun")① A position to lead and command an army. Also, a person with that job title. The head of an army. General. Commander. ※Keikokushu (827) vol. 11, Fu Tao (Kayo Tounen) "Without a secret _path , he sweeps the streets, and in the end there _is a general." ※Heike (early 13th century) vol. 5 "Today, among the Genji and Taira clans, there is no one who has the appearance of a general." [Japanese - Wu language]② A temporary position to lead and command an army and go on campaigns. Also, a person with that job title. Depending on the area to which the campaign is to go, they were called General of the East, General of the Barbarians, General of the West, etc. ※Yamato (around 947-957) vol. 69 "When Tadafumi became General of Michinokuni and descended."③ An abbreviation of Seii Taishogun. After Minamoto no Yoritomo was appointed Shogun in 1192 , this position became a succession of heads of the shogunate, regardless of whether they had actually subjugated the barbarians or not. *Travels in Kamakura, Tokan-kiko (around 1242): "He was rewarded repeatedly, and after following in the footsteps of Ryouzan, he was called to the position of Shogun." ④ In general, this is a word used to show respect to a general, especially a general. [Diary Commentary (1869)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (古く「しょうくん」とも)① 一軍を統率し指揮する職。また、その職分の人。一軍の長。大将。将。※経国集（827）一一・賦桃〈賀陽豊年〉「幽径無_レ掃維隠士、成蹊有_レ詫彼将軍」※平家（１３Ｃ前）五「いまは源平のなかに、わどの程将軍の相もったる人はなし」〔国語‐呉語〕② 一軍を統率し指揮して出征する臨時の職。また、その職分の人。出征する方面によって、鎮東将軍、征夷将軍、征西将軍などと呼ばれた。※大和（947‐957頃）六九「忠文がみちのくにの将軍になりてくだりける時」③ 征夷大将軍の略。建久三年（一一九二）源頼朝が征夷大将軍に任ぜられてから、征夷の事実の有無にかかわらず、幕府の頭首が代々この職に就任する例となった。※東関紀行（1242頃）鎌倉遊覧「恩賞しきりに隴山の跡をつぎて将軍の召しを得たり」④ 一般に、将官、特に大将を敬っていう語。〔日誌字解（1869）〕

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