将

しょう【将】

¶彼は～たる器ではない

He has no capacity ［ability］ to be a great leader.

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I

しょう【将】

a commander; a general; a leader.

●将を射んと欲すればまず馬を射よ. If you want to shoot the general, shoot his horse. | To attain a large objective, you must begin with peripherals. | He that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin. 【諺】

●彼は将たるの器である[はない]. He has the [no] makings of a leader in him.

・敗軍の将は兵を語らず. ⇒はいぐん.

II

はた【将】

or.

●雲か霞か, 将雪か. Is it cloud, mist, or snow?