予備軍

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
予 備 軍
よ
Grade: 3 		び
Grade: 5 		ぐん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
豫備軍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 予備(よび) (yobi) + 軍(ぐん) (gun).

Pronunciation

Noun

予(よ)備(び)軍(ぐん) • (yobigun) ←よびぐん (yobigun)?

  1. (military) reserve troops
  2. (informal) person who will be a certain person in the future
    ニート予備軍(よびぐん)
    nīto yobigun
    future NEET
    認知症(にんちしょう)の予備軍(よびぐん)
    ninchishō no yobigun
    precursor to dementia

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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