shogun
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- noun
- /ˈʃoʊɡən/
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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.
- You know, the Japanese shoguns all fell from internal rebellion.
- Hideyoshi began life as a low born, thus could not be Shogun, so he became the Quampaku Imperial Regent.
- It wasn't, it wasn't the the Takagawa shoguns.
Examples
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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?
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Shogun Takata gave this to me.
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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.
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The log was kept under Imperial seal and even past shoguns had been refused such a gift.
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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.
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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.