タイラント

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Japanese

Etymology

From English tyrant.

Pronunciation

Noun

タイラント (tairanto

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) a tyrant (one who gains power and rules extralegally)
    Synonym: 僭主 (senshu)
  2. (rare) a despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly
    Synonyms: 暴君 (bōkun), 独裁者 (dokusaisha), 専制君主 (sensei kunshu)
  3. (rare, figuratively) tyrannical person
    • 1933, Yoshiki Hayama, Umi ni Ikuru Hitobito [Those Who Live on the Sea]‎:
      が、(せん)(ちょう)は、(まった)く、()(まつ)にいかぬタイラントであった。それは、コセコセしたちしゃの()のような(かん)じのするタイラントだ。
      Ga, senchō wa, mattaku, shimatsu ni ikanu tairanto de atta. Sore wa, kosekose shita chisha no ha no yōna kanji no suru tairanto da.
      However, captain was, totally, an unmanageable tyrant. That is, a tyrant who felt like a fussy lettuce leaf.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN