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“shoGUN” (JA / EN)

EN: Japanese military ruler / DE: ein japanischer Militärtitel für Anführer aus dem Kriegeradel
将軍 (Shōgun)
JA: 将 (shō) = EN: Commander-in-Chief = DE: = Kommandeur, großer General 
JA: 軍 (gun) = EN: = army, troops = DE: Armee, Heer, Truppe
EN: gun = DE: Waffe / Gewehr / Pistole)
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2025

Shōgun was a Japanese military ruler; in Japanese 将軍 — 将 (commander) and 軍 (army).

The English word "gun" resides inside shōgun. The near semantic overlap of gun in English (weapon) and gun in Japanese (army) condenses violence and authority into a single linguistic body, where force is not implied but structurally embedded.