参謀 (さんぼう) — staff officer

参謀 is read さんぼう and listed as a noun. Meaning: staff officer; military staff.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 参謀.

  • 古参 こさん senior
  • 持参 じさん bringing
  • 参院 さんいん House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
  • 参列 さんれつ attendance
  • 降参 こうさん surrender
  • 参る まいる to go
  • 参加 さんか participation
  • 参画 さんかく taking part (in planning)
  • 参照 さんしょう reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes)
  • 墓参り はかまいり visit to a grave
  • 参拝 さんぱい going and worshipping (at a shrine or temple)
  • 参与 さんよ participation