上等兵
Chinese edit
highest quality; top-notch | soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | ||
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trad. (上等兵) | 上等 | 兵 | |
simp. #(上等兵) | 上等 | 兵 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
上等兵
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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上 | 等 | 兵 |
じょう Grade: 1 |
とう Grade: 3 |
へい Grade: 4 |
goon | kan’on |
Etymology edit
上等 (“superior”) + 兵 (“servicemember”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
上等兵 • (jōtōhei) ←じゃうとうへい (zyautoufei)?
- (military) a superior private (enlisted rank below sergeant and above private first class in the Imperial Japanese Army)
See also edit
- 上等兵曹 (jōtō heisō)