ダイショウ
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Meanings
Noun
Military
1. general; admiral
Basically, in a battle you win if you take down the enemy general, right?
2. head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin
Take me to your leader.
3. old chap; mate; boss; chief; man
familiar or jocular term for addressing a male
Whoa, calm down, pal!
4. athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
At last, we're on to the final bout between the anchors.
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Pitch accent
ダ
イショウ
Composed of
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
commander; general; leader
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
supreme commander
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)
Examples (12 in total)
Leave it to me, chief.
Whoa, calm down, pal!
At last, we're on to the final bout between the anchors.
His grandfather was an army general.
The leader can't be the first to run away, right?
The commander says, filled with complex emotions.
In the kendo team match, my older brother fought as the anchor in the final bout.
Don't make that face, buddy. I feel like crying too.
If our boss wants that, then we'll go along with it.
Basically, in a battle you win if you take down the enemy general, right?
If we knew where the enemy's general was, it wouldn't be so troublesome!
Looking back, the anchor match was a one-sided, complete victory.