Word Meaning ガキ大将

がきだいしょう gakidaishou

ガキ大将 is read as がきだいしょう (gakidaishou) and means leader of the pack (of a group of kids).

Meaning

English

leader of the pack (of a group of kids)
neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

Reading

Kana

がきだいしょう

Romaji

gakidaishou

Writing Variants

がき大将 がきだいしょう gakidaishou
餓鬼大将 がきだいしょう gakidaishou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 54463 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

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大将

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大女将

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senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant

お山の大将

おやまのたいしょう

king of the hill

総大将

そうだいしょう

supreme commander

軍大将

いくさだいしょう

(military) commander

若大将

わかだいしょう

young commander

青大将

あおだいしょう

Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)

陸軍大将

りくぐんたいしょう

army general

足軽大将

あしがるだいしょう

samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers

侍大将

さぶらいだいしょう

samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)

大将軍

たいしょうぐん

Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)

征東大将軍

せいとうたいしょうぐん

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the eastern barbarians (940-1335)

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男一匹ガキ大将 Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou