上等兵
Chinese
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
Noun
上等兵
- private first class
Japanese
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
上等 (“superior”) + 兵 (“servicemember”)
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) じょーとーへー [jòótóꜜòhèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːto̞ːhe̞ː]
Noun
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)
- Coordinate terms: 一等兵, 上等水兵, 二等兵
See also
- 上等兵曹 (jōtō heisō)