自衛官

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
えい
Grade: 5
かん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
自衞官 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Of ()(えい) (jiei, self-defense) + (かん) (kan, official). Various offices (e.g. 陸上自衛官 rikujō jiekan “ground forces commander”, 海上自衛官 kaijō jiekan “naval forces commander”, 航空自衛官 kōkū jiekan “airforce commander”) defined in Japanese law from 1954.

Pronunciation

Noun

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()(えい)(かん) (jieikan

  1. an official in the Japan Self-Defense Forces
    • 2022 February 7, HBC News, “Dōryō ni taishi ‘izen kara fuman o motte ita’ to iu nijū-dai no jieikan no onna [The female officer in her twenties who told a colleague ‘I’ve been unsatisfied’]”, in Yahoo News, archived from the original on 10 February 2022:
      (きょ)(ねん) ()(がつ)(どう)(りょう)(さい)()から(げん)(きん) 5000(ごせん)(えん)(ぬす)んだとして、 20(にじゅう)(だい)()(えい)(かん)(おんな)(てい)(しょく) 30(さんじゅう)(にち)(ちょう)(かい)(しょ)(ぶん)()けました。
      Kyonen kugatsu, dōryō no saifu kara genkin gosen-en o nusunda to shite, nijū-dai no jieikan no onna ga teishoku sanjū-nichi no chōkai shobun o ukemashita.
      Last September, a female JSDF officer in her twenties who was disciplined for taking 5,000 yen from a colleague’s wallet was suspended for 30 days.

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