日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningsleader, commander, general, admiral, or
On'yomiショウ、ソウ
Kun'yomiまさ、はた、まさ、ひきい、もって
Strokes10
Radical

Compounds

  • (senior player's) king

  • general, shogun

Example sentences

  • Mother is anxious about my future.

  • Poor though they were, they didn't worry about their future.

  • They made me captain.

  • His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.

  • It often happens that young shogi players become a little self-important, but I don't think that's something limited to the shogi world.

  • Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868.

  • On TV someone with a serious look on his face is talking about the problems of our country's future.

  • He asked the general to take back his order.