ダイショウ – Vocabulary details

ダイショウ

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Meanings

Noun

Military

1. general; admiral

基き本ほん的てきに戦たたかいは、相あい手ての大たい将しょうを倒たおせば勝かちだろ？Basically, in a battle you win if you take down the enemy general, right?

2. head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin

お前まえらの大たい将しょうのところに案あん内ないしろ。Take me to your leader.

3. old chap; mate; boss; chief; man

familiar or jocular term for addressing a male

おお、落おち着つけ大たい将しょう！Whoa, calm down, pal!

4. athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

いよいよ大たい将しょう戦せんに突とつ入にゅうだ。At last, we're on to the final bout between the anchors.

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Alt. forms

Pitch accent

ダ

イショウ

Composed of

ダイ

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

ショウ

commander; general; leader

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

アオダイショウ

Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)

ソウダイショウ

supreme commander

ダイショウグン

commander-in-chief; Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)

ガキダイショウ

leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

サブライダイショウ

samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)

サムライダイショウ

samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)

ワカダイショウ

young commander; young leader; young master

アシガルダイショウ

samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers

イクサダイショウ

(military) commander

Examples (12 in total)

任まかせときな、だいしょうダイショウ。

Leave it to me, chief.

おお、落おち着つけだいしょうダイショウ！

Whoa, calm down, pal!

いよいよだいしょうダイショウ戦せんに突とつ入にゅうだ。

At last, we're on to the final bout between the anchors.