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将 — JLPT N2 Kanji — Detail

Onyomi: ショウ, ソウ  ·  Kunyomi: はた, ひきい.る, まさ, まさ.に, もって  ·  Meanings: admiral, and again, commander, from now on, general, just about, leader, or, soon

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Unicode: 5C06 Strokes: 10
JLPT N2
Meanings
admiral, and again, commander, from now on, general, just about, leader, or, soon
Onyomi
ショウ, ソウ
Kunyomi
はた, ひきい.る, まさ, まさ.に, もって
Name Readings
かつ, かつり, すすむ, たか, ゆき
JLPT
N2
Grade
6
Frequency
-
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Vocabulary Examples

Word Reading Meaning Meta
しょう commander, general, leader common Noun
はた or, otherwise Adverb (fukushi)
将棋 しょうぎ shogi, Japanese chess common JLPT-N2 Noun
将来 しょうらい future, (future) prospects common JLPT-N4 Noun, Adverb (fukushi)
正に まさに exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Adverb (fukushi)
将軍 しょうぐん general common Noun
将来性 しょうらいせい future prospects, promise common Noun
将校 しょうこう commissioned officer common Noun
将兵 しょうへい officers and men common Noun
将官 しょうかん general, admiral Noun
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