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shogun

[shoh-guhn, -guhn] / ˈʃoʊ gən, -gʌn /
NOUN
commander in chief
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"That's, I think, the biggest impact we've seen within Japan," Markan said, while international shows like "Shogun" have helped "introduce a new generation of people to samurai culture and Japanese swords".

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

He went on to become the king of the 1980s TV mini-series, playing a western prisoner in Shogun and a catholic priest tempted by love in The Thorn Birds.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Chamberlain became king of the 1980's TV mini-series: playing a western prisoner in Shogun and a catholic priest tempted by love in The Thorn Birds.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025

Jon Jon Briones takes on the role of the Reciter as well as the Shogun and Emperor, moving gracefully from narration to enactment.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

The main support, on whom the Shogun should have been able to depend in time of stress, became thus unreliable.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro




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