| Subject | English | Japanese |
| proverb | exp A defeated general should not talk of the battle | 敗軍の将は兵を語らず |
| gen. | n defeated general | 敗将 |
| hist.fig. | Xiang Yu aka Kou U, 232 BC-202 BC, general in the late Qin period, defeated by Liu Bang, founder of the Han Dynasty | 項羽 |