Kanji1 / 10
将 kanji
leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウソウ
Kun readings
まさにはたまさひきいるもって
Variant forms
將Words with 将
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4将来Popularfuture; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to; causing; incurring
- N2将棋Popularshogi; Japanese chess
- —将Popularcommander; general; leader
- —王将Popular(senior player's) king; Ōshō (one of the eight major titles in professional shogi)
- —主将Popularcommander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
- —将軍Populargeneral; shogun
- —将校Popularcommissioned officer; military officer
- —少将Popularmajor general; rear admiral; air commodore
- —中将Popularlieutenant general; vice-admiral
- —武将Popularmilitary commander
- —大将Populargeneral; admiral; head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin; old chap; mate; boss; chief; man; athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
- —将兵Popularofficers and men
- —将来性Popularfuture prospects; promise
- —将来像Popularvision of the future
- —将来的Popularfuture; possible; potential; prospective
- —将棋倒しPopularfalling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)
- —一将general
- —海将Vice-Admiral (Maritime Self-Defence Force of Japan) (defense)
- —金将gold general
- —軍将army commander