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English word tycoon comes from Japanese 将軍 ((military) general. Commander of troops.), Chinese 大

将軍 (Japanese)

(military) general. Commander of troops.

(Chinese)

征夷大将軍 (Japanese)

During Japanese Nara and Heian periods, a military commander sent to subdue the Emishi. During the Japanese Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo periods, the hereditary chief executive of a shogunate government; a shōgun.

将軍 (Japanese)

The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan: the shogun.

shogun (English)

The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.

大君 (Japanese)

(honorific) a lord. (honorific) an imperial prince. During the Edo period, an alternative title for the 将軍 of the Tokugawa government, used in communications with other countries. In ancient China, a title given to a royal heir (obsolete, honorific) the eldest daughter of a noble family (honorific) a descendant of the emperor, such as a prince or princess. (honorific) a member of the petty [...]

tycoon (English)

A wealthy and powerful business person.

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