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shogun

shogun

10 9.9
A military leader in Japan whose family passes power to the next generation
  • noun
  • /ˈʃoʊɡən/
translation icon : shogun
  • Is everything prepared for the Shogun's arrival?
  • retired shogun
  • shogun Yoshimitsu
  • retired shogun

You know, the Japanese shoguns all fell from internal rebellion.

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Examples

  • Together they thanked the shogun for his patronage, and the guests for coming.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • "In the private audience chamber of Edo Castle, Sano Ichiro addressed Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japan's supreme military dictator.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • "Have you any idea who committed this terrible crime?" asked the shogun.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Were you really invited to perform an exhibition match in front of the shogun?

  • Shogun Takata gave this to me.

  • At the court of the Shogun Iyenari, it was a tense moment.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Hosting the Shogun's tournament is a great honour for my father.

  • The log was kept under Imperial seal and even past shoguns had been refused such a gift.

  • In 1853, American Commodore Matthew Perry and a party of warships forced the shogun to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa and open its ports to trade with the United States.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The Emperor had power in name only; the Shogun ruled the country.

How Powerful

emperor
524 3.5
shogun
10 9.9
daimyo
1 9.9
landowner
42 2.5

Surface Forms

shogun singular
shoguns plural

Etymology

The word shogun comes from the Japanese word shōgun, made of the parts shō meaning 'commander' and gun meaning 'army'. So a shogun was the military leader who often had the real power in Japan.