Word Meaning 征夷大将軍

せいいたいしょうぐん seiitaishougun

征夷大将軍 is read as せいいたいしょうぐん (seiitaishougun) and means commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE).

Meaning

English

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE)
shogun
great, unifying leader

Reading

Kana

せいいたいしょうぐん

Romaji

seiitaishougun

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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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)

征東将軍

せいとうしょうぐん

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

大将軍

たいしょうぐん

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

軍大将

いくさだいしょう

(military) commander

陸軍大将

りくぐんたいしょう

army general

征夷

せいい

defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi)

将軍

しょうぐん

general

大軍

たいぐん

large army

大軍

おおいくさ

great war

大日本帝国陸軍

だいにっぽんていこくりくぐん

Imperial Japanese Army (1872-1945)

副将軍

ふくしょうぐん

lieutenant general

出征軍

しゅっせいぐん

army in the field