やみ
闇
しょう
将
ぐん
軍

noun

  1. power behind the throne, éminence grise, kingmaker, wire-puller, shadow shogun.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
やみ
闇
しょう
将
ぐん
軍
 闇将軍 やみしょうぐん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

get dark, gloom, disorder
やみ　アン　オン (Late High School)
gate, counter for cannons
モン　かど　と (2nd, N2)
sound, noise
おと　オン　ね (1st, N4)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
leader, commander, general
ショウ　はた　まさ.に (6th, N2)
half of tree trunk, rad. no. 90
handful, pinch
リン　リチ　リツ
claw radical (no. 87)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン　す　みき (6th, N1)
army, force, troops
グン　いくさ (4th, N2)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
car
シャ　くるま　くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る　コウ　わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (Late High School, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ