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
- —観る将shogi spectator; shogi fan who enjoys watching matches but does not play
- —大将棋dai shogi (large 15x15 board shogi variant)
- —小将棋sho shogi (small 9x9 board shogi variant)
- —中将棋chu shogi (large 12x12 board shogi variant)
- —和将棋wa shogi (large 11x11 board shogi variant with piece names mainly based on animals)
- —泰将棋tai shogi (very large 25x25 board shogi variant)
- —将門記Shōmonki (chronicle of the Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion, ca 940CE)
- —鬼将軍The General (1936 novel by C. S. Forester)
- —ガキ大将leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
- —近い将来near future
- —将来展望future outlook; outlook for the future
- —先任将校senior officer
- —予備将校reserve officers
- —凱旋将軍triumphant general; general returning in triumph
- —将棋指しshogi player
- —将棋の駒shogi piece
- —西洋将棋chess
- —足軽大将samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers
- —配属将校commissioned officer attached to a school
- —勇将弱卒there are no cowardly soldiers under a superior general