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shogun

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈʃəʊɡʌn

Definitions

The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

Equivalents

15 more languages
العربيةشُوغُون
Češtinašógun
Esperantoŝoguno
Magyarsógun
Bahasa Indonesiasyogun
Italianoshogunsiogun
日本語将軍
한국어쇼군장군
Bahasa Melayusyogun
Portuguêsxogum
Русскийсёгун
Slovenčinašógun
Svenskashogun
Українськасьоґун

Examples

The third is the Shogun who reygneth at the preſent, and hath rayſed the perſecution (whereof this booke intreateth) againſt the Chriſtians, and he as it ſeemeth is acknowledged as Lord of all the threeſcore and ſix Kingdomes of Iaponia.”
Two shōguns in particular, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358–1408) and Yoshimasa (1436–1490), have left their villas, almost all that remain of their retirement temple complexes.”
People were in a panic, and the two shōgun were grief-stricken and deeply afraid.”

CEFR level

C2
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