Word Meaning 闇将軍

やみしょうぐん yamishougun

闇将軍 is read as やみしょうぐん (yamishougun) and means power behind the throne.

Meaning

English

power behind the throne
éminence grise
kingmaker
wire-puller
shadow shogun

Reading

Kana

やみしょうぐん

Romaji

yamishougun

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 131414 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

将軍

しょうぐん

general

大将軍

たいしょうぐん

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

副将軍

ふくしょうぐん

lieutenant general

冬将軍

ふゆしょうぐん

General Winter

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)

鬼将軍

おにしょうぐん

The General (1936 novel by C. S. Forester)

凱旋将軍

がいせんしょうぐん

triumphant general

征夷大将軍

せいいたいしょうぐん

commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE)

将軍家

しょうぐんけ

family positioned to accede to the shogunate

軍大将

いくさだいしょう

(military) commander

将軍職

しょうぐんしょく

the shogunate