征夷大将軍
せいいたいしょうぐん
Meanings
- Noun commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE)
- shogun; great, unifying leader
Kanji
- 征 conquer. Read as セイ.
- 夷 barbarian; savage; Ainu
- 大 big. Read as タイ.
- 将 commander. Read as ショウ.
- 軍 army. Read as グン.