将官|しょうかんshoukan[0]heiban (flat)

1. noungeneral; admiral
   彼かれは、将官しょうかんに、昇進しょうしんした。↗

   He was advanced to the rank of general.

• Related将軍しょうぐんNeutralA commanding general or the shogun; at home in both speech and writing. 「将官」 is a rank-based collective term.
• Related武将ぶしょうWrittenA historically flavored word for a martially skilled commander leading troops, in old Japan or China; 「将官」 is a modern rank term.
• Related将星しょうせいWrittenWritten and rarely used; a literary image of the star that stands for a general, with a poetic flavor.
• Antonym兵士へいしNeutralAn ordinary soldier, a regular member of the military — the counterpart to the general officers of 「将官」.
• Antonym兵卒へいそつWrittenWritten register: the lowest-ranking soldiers, set against the senior officers called 「将官」.

「将官」 is the collective term for general officers (major general and up), a military-organization term. For a commanding general or the shogun, use 「将軍」; for commanders of old Japan or China, 「武将」. The opposites are 「兵士」 and 「兵卒」.

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1. 軍人ぐんじんのうち、将しょうのつく階級かいきゅうにあるものの総称そうしょう。