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)

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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.