expression, noun

  1. person who has not won any major awards or titles despite being the best in a particular field, uncrowned king.
  2. person who wields power without holding an official rank or title.
  3. journalist (esp. newspaper journalist).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
無冠の帝王 むかんのていおう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

nothingness, none, ain't
ム ブ な.い (4th)
person(人) variant
40, forty
シュウ よんじゅう しじゅう
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
crown, best, peerless
カン かんむり か (8th, N1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
trim(刓) variant, round off
beginning, former time, origin
ゲン もと ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)
sovereign, the emperor, god
テイ みかど (8th, N1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (11th)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)