Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
big shot
big shot
n. Slang
An important or influential person.
Please let me know. Thank you.
| 4 +3 | 大御所／有力者／大物／顔役 |
cinefil
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| 5 +4 | お偉いさん（達) |
Haruki Kira
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Angel Yamada (X)
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| 1 -1 | 大物、重要人物、有力者、大立者 |
Maynard Hogg
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Apr 6, 2008 07:06: cinefil Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Maynard Hogg
When entering new questions, KudoZ askers are given an opportunity* to classify the difficulty of their questions as 'easy' or 'pro'. If you feel a question marked 'easy' should actually be marked 'pro', and if you have earned more than 20 KudoZ points, you can click the "Vote PRO" button to recommend that change.
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A pro question is anything else... in other words, any question that requires knowledge or skills that are specialized (even slightly).
Another way to think of the difficulty levels is this: an easy question is one that deals with everyday conversation. A pro question is anything else.
When deciding between easy and pro, err on the side of pro. Most questions will be pro.
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Proposed translations
大御所／有力者／大物／顔役
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humbird
: 最後のが特にいいですね!
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ありがとうございます。
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Angel Yamada (X)
: 大物！
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ありがとうございます。
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Minoru Kuwahara
: 「大御所」なら何か専門の熟練、「有力者」なら何となくニュースのように政治っぽく、「大物」といえば組織のボス、「顔役」もやっぱり似たような感じ...といったところでしょうか。どれも案外普通に聞かれそうな気はしますが。－
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United States
Very affordable price & Native Japanese
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English
お偉いさん（達)
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Timothy Miller
: Yup, I was thinking of the exact same word.
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sigmalanguage
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Roger Johnson
: very interesting question when you look at the name of the person who posted the question! haha
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Minoru Kuwahara
: i would probably vote for お偉い方 as a somewhat more standard expression. that sure could be a choice. BTW not being aware of slangs in English, i also found the asker's name funny in contrast to his question. -
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親分
大物、重要人物、有力者、大立者
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Angel Yamada (X)
: These words are from slang? And you feel angry and vote for non-pro? You think you are the only one who deserves PRO points...
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