Thursday, April 01, 2010

Cool words of the day

Greetings!
Was taking another shot at world domination the other day, and heard one of the plebs exclaim 「天下を取らせないぞ!」, and was reminded of yet ANOTHER way to say conquer the world in Japanese. Maybe it was the whole 武士道 culture, but there seem to be so many different ways to express "rule the world/come to power." Here are a few!

天下を取る(てんかをとる): Rule over the land

世界征服(せかいせいふく): World domination

世界を制する(せかいをせいする): Rule the world

世界を支配する(せかいをしはいする):Control the world

And, for your added pleasure, here are a few more related terms:

帝国(ていこく):Imperial

天皇(てんのう): Emperor (of Japan)

皇帝(こうてい)帝王(ていおう):
Emperor

王者(おうしゃ):King

主権者(しゅけんしゃ):
Sovereign

最高主権者(さいこうしゅけんしゃ):
Supreme Ruler

専制者(専制者):
Dictator

独裁者(どくさいしゃ):
Despot

暴君(ぼうくん):
Tyrant

黒幕(くろまく):Mastermind; kingmaker

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