軍配|ぐんばいgunbai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, militarygourd-shaped war fan
  2. noun, sumoreferee's fan
  3. noun, suru verbstratagem; tactics
Conjugation
Dictionary form軍配する(ぐんばいする)
Polite (masu)軍配します(ぐんばいします)
Negative (nai)軍配しない(ぐんばいしない)
polite (masen)軍配しません(ぐんばいしません)
classical zu / nu軍配せず・軍配せぬ(ぐんばいせず・ぐんばいせぬ)
Past (ta)軍配した(ぐんばいした)
polite (mashita)軍配しました(ぐんばいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)軍配しなかった(ぐんばいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)軍配しませんでした(ぐんばいしませんでした)
Te form軍配して(ぐんばいして)
Potential軍配できる(ぐんばいできる)
Passive軍配される(ぐんばいされる)
Causative軍配させる(ぐんばいさせる)
Causative passive軍配させられる(ぐんばいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)軍配すれば(ぐんばいすれば)
tara軍配したら(ぐんばいしたら)
Volitional軍配しよう(ぐんばいしよう)
polite (mashou)軍配しましょう(ぐんばいしましょう)
Imperative軍配しろ(ぐんばいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related指揮しきNeutralBroad word for command or direction, e.g. conducting an orchestra; 「軍配」 was originally a general's war fan for command, now mostly the sumo referee's fan.
  • Related命令めいれいNeutralAn order from a superior; stresses issuing instructions and carries no sense of deciding a winner.
  • Related指令しれいNeutralA directive or instruction, leaning toward organizational and computing usage.
  • Related司令しれいNeutralMilitary command or a commander; a person or act of command, not an implement like 「軍配」.
  • Related統率とうそつNeutralLeading a group; stresses leadership ability, as in 「統率力」.
  • Related率いるひきいるNeutralA verb meaning to lead; stresses heading a team or group.
  • Related統帥とうすいWrittenSupreme military command; written/formal prose with a historical military flavor.

Use 「軍配」 for the sumo referee's fan or, figuratively, deciding which side wins, as in 「軍配が上がる」; for command say 「指揮」, for leading a group 「統率」, for giving orders 「命令」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 軍陣ぐんじんにおける配置はいちや進退しんたいなどを指揮しきすること。
  2. 指図さしず、駆け引かけひき。
  3. 相撲すもうの勝敗しょうはいの判定はんてい。
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