Ranks and Military Branches of Imperial Japanese Army and Navy

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Military Service Branches.

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Source: TM-E 30-480. Handbook on Japanese Military Forces. Restricted. January 1, 1944.

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Ranks, Appointments & Units in the Japanese Naval Air Force, 1944

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Japanese-Russian rank tables.

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Table of weights and measures.

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Source: Military Russian-Japanese, Japanese-Russian dictionary/Военный русско-японский, японо-русский словарь. Гл. ред. И.К.Мамаев М. : Сов. энцикл., 1937.

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AJRP /Australia-Japan Research Project/ Glossary of military terms, ranks and units.

chichû haretsu 地中破裂 subterranean explosion
chiheisen 地平線 horizon, skyline
chiho 地歩 footing, lodgement
chihô kanchô 地方官庁 local government
chiho wo shimuru 地歩ヲ占ムル to gain ground
chiho wo ushinau 地歩ヲ失フ to lose ground
chii 地位 military position
chijô kansoku 地上観測 ground observation
chijô mokuhyô 地上目標 ground objective
ground target
chikanryoku 遅緩力 retarding forces?
chiku 地区 area, district
chikujôbu 築城部 fortification section
chokusetsu shôjungeki 直接照準撃 direct fire (Note: See also "kansetsu shôjungeki")
chôsengun 朝鮮軍 Korean Forces (Note: Refers to the sector of the Imperial Japanese Army stationed on the Korean peninsula during Japan's occupation of Korea (1915-1945). )
Korean Army (Note: Refers to the sector of the Imperial Japanese Army stationed on the Korean peninsula during Japan's occupation of Korea (1915-1945). )
chôshû 徴集 conscription
chôshûhei 徴集兵 conscript
chûi 中尉 lieutenant (army)
sub-lieutenant (navy)
flying officer (air)
chûjô 中将 lieutenant general (army)
vice admiral (navy)
air marshal (air)
chûsa 中佐 lieutenant colonel (army)
commander (navy)
wing commander (air)
chûtai 中隊 company
daihon'ei 大本営 Imperial General Headquarters
daikôkei 大口径 large calibre (weapon)
daitai 大隊 battalion
dan 団 corps
danyaku 弾薬 ammunition
dasai 駄載 loading (of horses or stock)
denshin 電信 telegraph (Note: This term can also be a verb, as in "denshin suru;" to send a telegraph. The written copy of a telegraph is called a "denshin tsuzuri")
denshin rentai 電信連隊 telegraph regiment
dôin 動員 mobilisation (Note: See also "kôgyô dôin")
dokuritsu 独立 independent
dokuritsu jidôsha chûtai 独立自動車中隊 independent motor car company
dokuritsu jidôsha daitai 独立自動車大隊 independent motor car battalion
dokuritsu jûhôhei daitai 独立重砲兵大隊 independent heavy artillery battalion
dokuritsu kôhei rentai 独立工兵連隊 independent engineer regiment
dokuritsu konsei rentai 独立混成連隊 independent mixed regiment
dokuritsu konsei ryodan 独立混成旅団 independent mixed brigade
dokuritsu kyûhô daitai 独立臼砲連隊 independent mortar battalion
dokuritsu musen shôtai 独立無線小隊 independent wireless platoon
dokuritsu sanpôhei 独立山砲兵 independent mountain artillery
dokuritsu yasen shôkû chûtai 独立野戦照空中隊 independent field anti-aircraft searchlight company
dokuritsu yasen shôkû daitai 独立野戦照空大隊 independent field anti-aircraft searchlight battalion
dokuritsu yûsen chûtai 独立有線中隊 independent cable company
dôrotai 道路隊 road construction unit
eibei kichiku 英米鬼畜 British and American devils (propaganda) (Note: During the war, this term was popularised in the Japanese media, and became the standard way of referring to the enemy. A more neutral term which was also used is "Eibeihei")
eibeihei 英米兵 British and American soldiers (Note: See also "Eibei kichiku")
eihei 衛兵 guard
eiju 衛戍 garrison
eijuchi 衛戍地 garrison post
eisei gyômubu 衛生業務部 medical service corps
eisei zairyô 衛生材料 medical supplies
eiseibu 衛生部 medical service corps
eiseitai 衛生隊 health and medical unit
eisha 衛舎 guard house (Note: place where the guard stays during its tour)
eisô 営倉 guard house
eiyô 栄養 nutrition (Note: This term often appears on hospital records and medical case histories)
ekibyô 疫病 infectious disease
empei 援兵 troop reinforcements
empeibu 掩蔽部 dugout, shelter
empôjo 掩砲所 gun shelter
engeki 掩撃 sudden attack
engo butai 援護部隊 covering force
enseigun 遠征軍 expeditionary force
ensen hôhei 遠戦砲兵 counter-battery artillery
enshô 炎症 inflammation (Note: medical term)
enshû 演習 exercises, manoeuvres
enshû shôsha 演習廠舎 training camp
fuantei 不安定 instability (Note: For example, an unstable political or military situation)
fubatsu 不伐 impregnable
fuen 赴援 relief, aid
fugô 符号 code signal
fuhyô 浮標 buoy
fuji chakuriku 不時着陸 emergency landing
fûkei 風景 landscape
fûki 風紀 discipline, morals
fûki eihei 風紀衛兵 barrack guard, quarter guard
fukkan 副官 adjutant
fukken 復権 rehabilitation
fuku-shikikan 副指揮官 second in command
fukubôgyô 副防御 auxiliary defence
fukueki 服役 conscription service (Note: That is, service performed under conscription. This term can also mean penal servitude)
military service (Note: That is, service performed under conscription. This term can also mean penal servitude)
fukueki manki 服役満期 expiration of term of service
fukueki meibo 服役名簿 roster list, duty list
fukuhei 伏兵 ambush, ambuscade (Note: For example: "fukuhei wo haichi suru;" to lay an ambush, "fukuhei ni ochiru;" to fall into an ambush)
fukuin 復員 demobilisation
fukujû 服従 obedience
fukumu 服務 military service
military duties
fukumu kisoku 服務規則 standing orders
service regulations
fukumu kisoku 服務規則 service regulations
standing orders
fukuro 袋 bag
fukusho 副署 countersignature
fukushô 複哨 double sentry
fukushû 復讐 retaliation, revenge
fukusô kensa 服装検査 dress inspection
fukusô teate 服装手当 clothing allowance
fumeiyo 不名誉 dishonour, disgrace
fumikiri 踏切 level crossing (railway line)
funazumi 船積 shipping, shipment (Note: For example, as in "Funazumi suru;" to ship goods or equipment)
funsen 紛戦 dogfight
funtô 奮闘 hard fighting, desperate battle
furi naru jôkyô 不利ナル状況 unfavourable situation
furyo 俘虜 captive, prisoner of war (Note: See also "horyo")
furyo jôhôkyoku 俘虜情報局 Prisoner of War Information Bureau (Note: See "Rikugun Gunmukyoku." A full explanation of the role of the POW Information Bureau can be found in UTSUMI Aiko's essay, "The Japanese Army and its prisoners" on this website)
furyo kanribu 俘虜管理部 Prisoner of War Management Office (Note: See "Rikugun Gunmukyoku." An explanation of the role of the POW Management Office can be found in UTSUMI Aiko's essay, "The Japanese Army and its prisoners" on this website. )
furyo no jihen 不慮ノ事変 emergency situation
fûsa 封鎖 blockade
fuseikihei 不正規兵 irregular troops
fuseikisen 不正規戦 guerrilla warfare (Note: The term "gerira-sen" would be more commonly used today)
fusetsu suirai 敷設水雷 submarine mine, anchored mine
fusetsukan 敷設艦 minelayer
fushimban 不寝番 night watch (inside)
fushô 負傷 wounded (Note: For example, as in "Fushô suru:" to be wounded; to sustain injury. Also, "fushô seshimeru;" to inflict an injury; to wound somebody)
fusoku 不足 shortage
futan 負担 burden, load (Note: Can also be a verb, as in "futan suru;" to shoulder a load)
futatsu 布達 notification, proclamation
futekinin 不適任 unfit, incompetent
futô 埠頭 wharf, quay
futsû bunkan 普通文官 civilian employee
futsû no 不通ノ impassable (road)
fuyû hôdai 浮遊砲台 floating battery
fuyû suirai 浮遊水雷 floating mine
fuzaisha 不在者 absentee
fuzoku suru 附属 belonging to, attached to (Note: E.g: "Attached to the 238th Regiment" )
gaibu bôbi 外部防備 exterior defences
gaihaku 外泊 overnight leave
gaikô 外交 diplomacy (Note: For example, "gaikô kankei;" diplomatic relations)
gaikô kankei 外交関係 diplomatic relations
gaisei 外征 foreign campaign
overseas expedition
gaisen 凱旋 triumphal return (Note: For example, as in "gaisengun;" returning victorious army)
gaishutsushô 外出証 one-day pass
gakka 学科 theoretical instruction (Note: Often appears on service records and progress reports )
gakuto shutsujin 学徒出陣 student conscription (Note: Japanese university students were initially exempt from national conscription. Japan's increasingly desperate position in WWII however, resulted in this rule being reversed in October 1943 by Imperial Edict.)
gasu ガス gas
geka 外科 surgery
gekichin 撃沈 to attack and sink (an enemy vessel)
gekimetsu 撃滅 annihilation, extermination
gekisen 激戦 pitched battle (Note: For example, "gekisen wo majieru;" to fight fiercely, to engage desperately)
gekitsui suru 撃墜スル to shoot down (an enemy plane)
gen'eki 現役 active service
gen'in 現員 troops present
genkyû 減給 stoppage of pay
genshoku 減食 reduced rations
gensui 元帥 field marshal (army)
admiral of the fleet (navy)
gibakudan 擬爆弾 dummy bomb
gijutsu 技術 technique (in training and exercises)
gijutsu honbu 技術本部 Army Technical Headquarters
gijutsuhei 技術兵 technical troops, specialist
gikei 偽計 false manoeuvre, feint
ginô 技能 ability, talent (Note: This term appears regularly on service records and progress reports)
girei 儀礼 etiquette, ceremony
giryô 伎倆 skill, qualification
giryô shômeisho 伎倆証明書 certificate of proficiency
gishi 技師 civilian engineer
gisô 偽装 camouflage
giwadan jiken 義和団事件 Boxer Rebellion
giyûhei 義勇兵 volunteer soldier
gochô 伍長 corporal (army)
leading seaman (navy)
corporal (air)
goei 護衛 guard, escort
goei hohei 護衛歩兵 infantry escort
goei kantai 護衛艦隊 escort fleet
gôhei 豪兵 Australian soldier
gokokugun 護国軍 The National Guard (U.S.)
gokyôhei 護境兵 frontier guard
goshô 護照 safe conduct
gosô 護送 escort (Note: As in "Gosô suru;" to escort (prisoners, convoys, etc.))
goyô shônin 御用商人 army contractor
goyôsen 御用船 transport ship
troop ship
goyû 剛勇 valour, bravery
gukyôjû 具鏡銃 telescopic rifle
gumbi 軍備 armament
military preparation
gumpô 軍法 military law
gumpô kaigi 軍法会議 court martial
gumpuku 軍服 military uniform
gun 軍 army
gun'i 軍医 medical officer
gun sagyô honbu 軍作業本部 working group Hheadquarters
gun shireibu 軍司令部 army headquarters
gundan 軍団 army corps
gundan shireibu 軍団司令部 corps headquarters
gunji 軍事 military affairs (Note: usually an adjective or suffix; for example, as in "gunji kunren" )
military (Note: usually an adjective or suffix; for example, as in "gunji kunren" )
gunji jôhô 軍事情報 military intelligence
gunji kimitsu (gunki) 軍事機密(軍機) military secret (Note: See also "gokuhi")
gunji kunren 軍事訓練 military training
gunjihiyô 軍事費用 military expenditure (Note: Usually written just as "gunjihi" )
gunjin 軍人 soldier, military man
gunjin 軍陣 field service
gunjin chokuyu 軍人勅諭 Imperial Instructions to the Military (Note: Official text containing the emperor's directives to soldiers)
gunka 軍歌 war song
gunkan 軍艦 warship
gunki 軍旗 military flag (Note: See also "hakki" and "hata")
gunki 軍紀 military discipline (Note: For example, "gunki wo iji suru;" to maintain discipline)
gunkô 軍港 military port
military harbour
gunritsu 軍律 military regulations
gunsô 軍曹 sergeant (army)
petty officer (navy)
sergeant (air)
guntai 軍隊 troops, army
guntai techô 軍隊手帳 military pocket book
guntô 軍刀 sabre, military sword
gunyô 軍容 military accoutrements
troop formation
gunyô chitai 軍用地帯 military zone
land zoned for military use
gunzoku 軍属 civilian employee
militarised personnel
gyakutai 虐待 maltreatment, cruelty
gyokusai 玉砕 honourable death (Note: This term can refer to both civilian and military deaths. The mass suicides by civilians on Okinawa in 1945 for example, are usually referred to in official histories as "gyokusai," or "shûdan jiketsu" (literally: "group self-determination").)
honourable suicide (Note: This term can refer to both civilian and military deaths. The mass suicides by civilians on Okinawa in 1945 for example, are usually referred to in official histories as "gyokusai," or "shûdan jiketsu" (literally: "group self-determination").)
gyôsei 行政 administration (Note: can refer to either civilian or military administration)
gyûkan 牛缶 bully beef (Note: This is a colloquialism that comes from the term "gyûniku kanzume" (canned beef))
hahen 破片 splinter, fragment of shrapnel
haiboku 敗北 defeat, reverse
haien 肺炎 pneumonia
haiketsushô 敗血症 septicaemia
haimetsu 敗滅 total defeat, annihilation
haisen 敗戦 defeat in war (Note: "Haisen" is, for understandable reasons, not used by all Japanese people to describe Japan's defeat in WW II; may use the more neutral "shûsen" (literally: "end of war"). )
defeat in battle (Note: "Haisen" is, for understandable reasons, not used by all Japanese people to describe Japan's defeat in WW II; may use the more neutral "shûsen" (literally: "end of war"). )
haisha 背射 reverse fire
haishuku 配宿 allotment of quarters
haisô 敗走 to flee after defeat in battle
haizoku 配属 attachment (of person or suit)
 
haizoku shôkô 配属将校 officers attached to civilian schools
haizokuhyô 配属表 attachment list
hakai 破壊 destruction
haken 派遣 to despatch (soldiers)
hakengun 派遣軍 expeditionary force
hakki 白旗 white flag (Note: See also "gunki" and "hata" )
han 班 squad, group
section
hanchô 班長 squad, group or section commander
hangeki 反撃 counterattack
hangyaku 反逆 treason
hankô 反抗 mutiny, rebellion
hanran 反乱 insurrection, uprising
hantô 半島 peninsula (Note: geographical term)
happô suru 発砲スル to fire (a gun)
haretsu 破裂 burst, explosion
hashôfu 破傷風 tetanus
hasshinki 発信機 radio transmitter
hata 旗 flag (Note: See also "gunki" and "hakki")
hatsudenki 発電機 electricity generator
hatsuen shingô 発煙信号 smoke signal
heichô 兵長 lance corporal (army)
able seaman (navy)
leading aircraftsman (air)
heiei 兵営 barracks
heieki 兵役 military service
heieki kigen 兵役期限 term of service
heieki menjo 兵役免除 exemption from military service
heigaku 兵学 military science
strategic studies
heigaku kyôkan 兵学教官 military instructor
heigakusha 兵学者 military tactician, strategist
heijibu 兵事部 military affairs department
heiki 兵器 arms, weapons
ordnance
heiki kinmutai 兵器勤務隊 ordnance duty unit
heikibu shôkô 兵器部将校 ordnance officer
heikishô 兵器廠 ordnance depot
heiryoku 兵力 military strength
heiseki 兵籍 military roll
heitan 兵站 line of communication
heitan byôbashô 兵站病馬廠 line of communication veterinary depot
heitan byôin 兵站病院 line of communication hospital
heitan eiseitai 兵站衛生隊 line of communication medical unit
heitan eiseitai honbu 兵站衛生隊本部 line of communication medical unit headquarters
hikô chûtai 飛行中隊 air squadron (Note: Army air unit)
hikô daitai 飛行大隊 air battalion (Note: Army air unit)
hikô gakkô 飛行学校 flying school
hikô sentai 飛行戦隊 air group (Note: Army air unit)
hikô shidan 飛行師団 air division (Note: Army air unit)
hikôjô 飛行場 airfield
hikôjô chûtai 飛行場中隊 airfield company
hikôjô daitai 飛行場大隊 airfield battalion
hikôjô setteitai 飛行場設定隊 airfield construction unit
hikôki 飛行機 aeroplane
himitsu 秘密 secret, confidential (Note: See "gunji kimitsu")
himitsu meirei 秘密命令 secret orders
hisentôin 非戦闘員 non-combatant
hisshô 必勝 certain victory (Note: popular slogan of the time used to encourage soldiers (similar to "Banzai!"))
hitojichi 人質 hostage
hôba 砲馬 gun horse, mule
hôdan 砲弾 shell
hôfuku 報復 reprisal, retaliation
hôfuku hôgeki 報復砲撃 retaliatory fire
hôgeki 砲撃 bombardment, shelling
hôhei 砲兵 artillery
hohei 歩兵 infantry
hohei buntai 歩兵分隊 infantry squad
hohei chûtai 歩兵中隊 infantry company
hôhei chûtai 砲兵中隊 battery
hohei daitai 歩兵大隊 infantry battalion
hôhei gakkô 砲兵学校 artillery school
hohei hô chûtai 歩兵砲中隊 infantry gun company
hohei hôtai 歩兵砲隊 infantry gun detachment
hohei rentai 歩兵連隊 infantry regiment
hohei ryodan 歩兵旅団 infantry brigade
hoheidan 歩兵団 infantry group
hoheidan shireibu 歩兵団司令部 infantry group headquarters
hojo butai 補助部隊 auxiliary troops
hojû heieki 補充兵役 conscript reserve service
hojûhei 補充兵 conscript reserve
hôka 砲火 artillery fire
hôkan 砲艦 gunboat
hôkyû 俸給 pay, salary
hokyû 補給 supply
hokyû gakari 補給掛 quartermaster (Note: See also "kyûyôbu," or "kyûyô gakari")
hôkyû shiharaibo 俸給支払簿 pay list, pay roll
hômengun 方面軍 area army
hômengun chikujôbu 方面軍築城部 area army fortifications section
hompô 本棒 base pay
honbu 本部 headquarters
hontai 本隊 main force, main body of soldiers
hôretsu 砲列 gunline
horyo 捕虜 prisoner of war, captive (Note: See also "furyo")
hosen 保線 maintenance of way
hôsha 砲車 gun carriage
hôsha jûtai 砲車縦隊 route column (artillery)
hoshô 歩哨 sentry
hoshô shusoku 歩哨守則 sentry orders
hoshôken 歩哨犬 guard dog
hôshu 砲手 gunner
hôsô 放送 radio transmission
radio broadcast
hôtaihô 繃帯包 field dressing (Note: medical term)
hôten kaisen 奉天会戦 Battle of Mukden
hyô 表 table, list
ianfu 慰安婦 "comfort women" (Note: The "comfort women" were women recruited by the Japanese Army to serve as military prostitutes. Many of the women were forced into service, and some former "comfort women" continue to petition the Japanese government today for apology and compensation. )
ichi 位置 position, location
ichiranhyô 一覧表 table
summary of contents
ichiyoku chûtai 一翼中隊 flank company
idô suru 移動スル to move, to shift location
ifuku 衣服 clothing (Note: Refers to military or civilian clothing)
ikaku 威嚇 threat
ikan 尉官 company officer (commissioned officer above Captain) (Note: This term was adopted by the Japanese army to classify commissioned officers above a certain rank. 'Ikan' signifies either 2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant or Captain grade. See also 'sakan' and 'shôkan')
ikan 医官 medical officer
ikari 錨 anchor (ship) (Note: For example, "ikari wo ageru;" to weight anchor;
"ikari wo orosu;" to cast anchor)
imon bukuro 慰問袋 gift parcel (for frontline soldiers)
impei 隠蔽 shelter
cover
imushitsu 医務室 dispensary
inchô 院長 officer in charge ( hospital)
inkan 印鑑 stamp, official seal
inryôsui 飲料水 drinking water
irie 入江 inlet
iryô yôhin 医療用品 medical stores
medical supplies
iryôka 衣糧課 clothing and provisions section
ittô shukei 一等主計 paymaster captain
intendance captain
ittôhei 一等兵 first class private (army)
able seaman (navy)
leading aircraftsman (air)
jidô hôhei 自動砲兵 motorised artillery
jidôsha chûtai 自動車中隊 motor car company
jidôsha daitai 自動車大隊 motor car battalion
jidôsha yusôbu 自動車輸送部 motor transport corps
jidôshashô 自動車廠 automobile depot
jiei 自衛 self-defence
jieitai 自衛隊 Self-Defence Forces (post-war)
jihen/jiken 事変/事件 incident, occurrence (Note: E.g.: "Manshû Jiken;" the Manchurian Incident)
jikanhyô 時間表 timetable, schedule
jikyû 次級 second in command
jikyû bôgyô 持久防御 holding defence
jikyû jisoku 自給自足 self-sufficiency
jikyûryoku 持久力 staying power, persistency
jin'ei 陣営 encampment
jin'in 人員 personnel numbers
jin'in kensa 人員検査 muster
roll call inspection
jin'inhyô 人員表 personnel list
jinchi 陣地 position
jinchi senryô 陣地占領 occupation of a position
jinchisen 陣地線 trench line, parallel
jinchitai 陣地帯 defensive system
trench system
jinchû nisshi 陣中日誌 war diary
jinchû yômurei 陣中要務令 the Field Service Regulations
jinjibu 人事部 personnel section
jinkei 陣形 battle formation
jinryoku 人力 manpower
jinzô mokuhyô 人造目標 artificial target
jirai 地雷 mine
jirei 辞令 commission
warrant
appointment
jisshû 実習 practical instruction
jitchi kyôren 実地教練 field training
jitsubakudan 実爆弾 live bomb
jitsueki teinen 実役停年 number of years in an army grade before promotion
jitsueki teinen meibo 実役停年名簿 army list
jôba shôtai 乗馬小隊 mounted platoon
joi 叙位 advancement of court rank
jokun 叙勲 decoration
jôrei kisoku 条令規則 rules and regulations
jôsen 乗船 embarkation
jotai 除隊 discharge (from active service)
jôtôhei 上等兵 superior private (army)
leading seaman (navy)
leading aircraftsman (air)
jûbakugeki 重爆撃 heavy bombing
jûhôhei 重砲兵 heavy artillery
jûhôhei daitai 重砲兵大隊 heavy artillery battalion
jûi 獣医 veterinary officer
jûka 銃火 rifle fire
jûkikanjû 重機関銃 heavy machine-gun
jun'i 准尉 warrant officer
jun'yôkan 巡洋艦 cruiser
kabutsushô 貨物廠 freight depot
kaigun 海軍 navy, naval (Note: When appended to other character combinations, "kaigun" can also become a generic description (i.e.,"naval"); hence it is not defined here as "the navy.")
kaigun bôrô 海軍望楼 naval observation and communication tower (Note: According to the Dictionary of the Japanese Army and Navy, these towers were "established at convenient coastal locations, for observing and communicating with passing vessels.")
kaigun daigakkô 海軍大学校 The Naval Staff Training College (Note: This college was set up for the specialist training of selected naval officers intended for leadership roles within the Japanese Navy. Initially established in 1888 at Tsukiji. )
kaigun kikan gakkô 海軍機関学校 The Naval Engineering College (Note: This institution was established at Yokosuka in 1881, to educate and train naval recruits in the operation and management of naval warships. It later expanded its activities to include the operation and management of sea-launched aircraft. )
kaigun kôshô 海軍工廠 naval yard
naval arsenal
kaigun sensui gakkô 海軍潜水学校 The Naval Submarine Academy
kaigun heigakkô 海軍兵学校 The Naval Academy (Note: Originally established in Tsukiji, Tokyo as the initial place of reception and education of naval recruits, the Naval Academy was moved to Hiroshima in 1888, where it remained until the end of the Pacific War. It was also known as "Etajima.")
kaijô yusô 海上輸送 sea transport
kakke 脚気 beriberi (Note: medical term)
kanja 患者 hospital patient
casualty
kanja yusô shôtai 患者輸送小隊 casualty clearing platoon
kanja yusôtai 患者輸送隊 casualty clearing unit
kantai 艦隊 fleet
kantôgun 関東軍 The Kwantung Army (Note: 1919-1945. Before and during WWII, the Kwantung Army was primarily responsible for the control and administration of the puppet state of Manchuria , or Manshûkoku, as well as the suppression of the Chinese Nationalist Army.)
kashikan 下士官 non-commissioned officer
keibakugeki tai 軽爆撃隊 light bomber unit (air)
keibatsu 刑罰 punishment
keibitai 警備隊 guard unit
keikai butai 警戒部隊 security detachment (Note: From the verb "keikai suru;" to protect; to make secure)
keikikanjû 軽機関銃 light machine-gun
automatic rifle
keikyû shingô 警急信号 alarm signal
keiri-bu 経理部 finance corps
keitai kahei 携帯火兵 light arms
small arms
ken 剣 bayonet
ken'eki 検疫 quarantine (Note: medical term)
ken'etsu 検閲 censorship, inspection
kenchiku butai 建築部隊 construction unit
kenchiku kinmu chûtai 建築勤務中隊 construction duty company
kengai 遣外 overseas (Note: For example, "kengai butai;" overseas expeditionary force)
despatched abroad (Note: For example, "kengai butai;" overseas expeditionary force)
kenjû 拳銃 pistol
kenjutsu 剣術 fencing (Note: Often appears on the service reports of soldiers and officers, as one of the areas in which they were regularly evaluated. )
swordsmanship (Note: Often appears on the service reports of soldiers and officers, as one of the areas in which they were regularly evaluated. )
kenkô shindan 健康診断 medical examination
kenkô shômeisho 健康証明書 medical certificate
kenpei shireibu 憲兵司令部 military police headquarters
kenpeitai 憲兵隊 military police
kensa 検査 inspection (Note: For example, "kensa suru;" to inspect, to examine)
kensetsu 建設 road construction
kessen 決戦 decisive battle
kesson 欠損 loss or damage (of goods)
ketsudoku 血毒 blood poisoning (Note: medical term)
ketsuro wo hiraku 血路ヲ開ク to cut one's way through (Note: Literally, to "open a road of blood")
kidô 機動 manoeuvre, operation (Note: See also "sakudô")
kidô butai 機動部隊 carrier force
kiei 帰営 returning to barracks
kihei chûtai 騎兵中隊 cavalry company
kihei rentai 騎兵連隊 cavalry regiment
kikanhô 機関砲 machine-gun
kikanjû chûtai 機関銃中隊 machine-gun company
kikanjû shôtai 機関銃小隊 machine-gun platoon
kiken 危険 danger
kiken shingô 危険信号 danger signal
kikôchô 機工長 mechanic NCO
kikyû 帰休 furlough pending retirement from active service
kimigayo 君が代 "Kimigayo" (Japanese national anthem)
kinko 禁固 confinement, imprisonment (Note: This term refers to imprisonment without labour when used in the context of military prisons or camps. )
kinmu 勤務 service
duty
kinmu enshû 勤務演習 reserve training
kinmutai 勤務隊 duty unit
kinsetsusen 近接戦 close combat
kinzoku 勤続 continuous service
kiritsu 規律 discipline, order
kiroku 記録 file, written record
kishô 記章 medal
kishôtai 気象隊 meteorological unit
kishûtai 奇襲隊 raiding force
kitei 規定 rules
regulations
kizai shôtai 器材小隊 ordnance platoon
kizu 傷 injury, wound
kôbieki 後備役 second reserve service
kôbun 公文 official letter
kôdô 行動 movements
kôdô shôhô 行動詳報 detailed movements report
kôei hôhei 後衛砲兵 rear guard artillery
kôei hohei 後衛歩兵 rear guard infantry
kôfujo 交付所 distribution point
kôfuku 降伏 capitulation, surrender
kôfuku jôken 降伏条件 terms of surrender
kôgeki 攻撃 attack
kôgeki butai 攻撃部隊 assault unit
kôgeki jinchi 攻撃陣地 offensive position
kôgeki kaishisen 攻撃開始線 line of departure
kôgeki taikei 攻撃隊形 attack formation
kôgun 行軍 march
kôgyô dôin 工業動員 industrial mobilisation
kôhei 工兵 engineer
kôhei chûtai 工兵中隊 engineer company
kôhei rentai 工兵連隊 engineer regiment
kôheitai shireibu 工兵隊司令部 engineer unit headquarters
kôhô 公報 official report
kôka 考科 officer's service record
kôkahyô 考科表 officer's service record report
kôkei 口径 weapon calibre
kôkin 拘禁 detention, internment
kôkû bokan 航空母艦 aircraft carrier
kôkû chiku 航空地区 air sector
kôkû chiku shireibu 航空地区司令部 air sector headquarters
kôkû gakkô 航空学校 aviation school
kôkû gun 航空軍 air army
kôkû hombu 航空本部 air service headquarters
kôkû idô shûrihan 航空移動修理班 mobile air maintenance squad
kôkû jôhôhan 航空情報班 air intelligence section
kôkû kantai 航空艦隊 air fleet
kôkû kyôiku 航空教育 air training
kôkû robu 航空路部 flight route section
kôkû sentai 航空戦隊 air flotilla
kôkû shashu 航空射手 aerial gunner
kôkû tsûshin rentai 航空通信連隊 air signals regiment
kokumin heieki 国民兵役 national service
kokuminhei 国民兵 National Army
kokumu 国務 affairs of state
kokumu daijin 国務大臣 Secretary of State
Minister of State
kokusai rengô 国際連合 United Nations (Note: See also "Kokusai renmei")
kokusai renmei 国際連盟 League of Nations (Note: See also "Kokusai Rengô")
kôkûsen 航空船 airship, dirigible
kokutai 国体 national polity (Note: Refers to the fundamental character of Japan as a country; could also be used to mean "national unity." While this term is still in use, it had special reference to wartime Japan under centralised military rule.)
national structure (Note: Refers to the fundamental character of Japan as a country; could also be used to mean "national unity." While this term is still in use, it had special reference to wartime Japan under centralised military rule.)
kôkûtai 航空隊 air corps
kôkyû shôkô 高級将校 senior officer
kômei 抗命 insubordination
mutiny
komugi 小麦 wheat
konsei 混成 mixed
konsei rentai 混成連隊 mixed regiment
konsei ryodan 混成旅団 mixed brigade
kôryaku butai 攻略部隊 invasion force
kôseki 功績 merit
kôseki genninsho 功績現認書 certificate of meritorious service
kôsha hôtai 高射砲隊 anti-aircraft artillery regiment
kôsha hôtai shireibu 高射砲隊司令部 anti-aircraft artillery regiment headquarters
kôshô 工廠 munitions workshop
kôsokutai 航測隊 air survey unit
kotei 固定 stationary
kotei tsûshintai 固定通信隊 stationary signals unit
kuchikukan 駆逐艦 destroyer
kunkô 勲功 distinguished service (Note: This term often appears on service records as a heading for the column in which the specific achievements of the soldier are listed or described.)
kûshû 空襲 air raid
kyôhan 教範 manual (Note: For example, "tsûshin kyôhan;" a signalling manual (see "tsûshin"))
handbook (Note: For example, "tsûshin kyôhan;" a signalling manual (see "tsûshin"))
kyôryoku butai 協力部隊 cooperating force
kyûhô 臼砲 mortar
kyûhô chûtai 臼砲中隊 mortar company
kyûhô daitai 臼砲大隊 mortar battalion (mobile)
kyûhô hôdai 臼砲砲台 mortar battery (fixed)
kyûkei 休憩 rest, halt
kyûmeitei 救命艇 lifeboat
kyûryô 給料 wages (civilian employees)
kyûshoku 休職 temporary retirement
leave on half pay
kyûshû 急襲 raid, sudden attack
kyûsui butai 給水部隊 water supply unit
kyûyô gakari gunsô 給養掛軍曹 commissary sergeant (army)
kyûyo genbo 給与原簿 payroll
kyûyôbu 給養部 commissariat
makuei 幕営 tent camp
mamoru 守ル to protect, defend
mankihei 満期兵 soldier whose compulsory service time has expired
manshûkoku 満州国 Manchuria (former) (Note: The state of manchuria in modern China is still referred to in Japanese as "Manshû." "Manshûkoku" was the puppet state set up in pre-war Manchuria by the Japanese government. )
mararia マラリア malaria (Note: medical term)
mashoku 間食 extra rations
meibo 名簿 nominal roll, list of names
meichûdan 命中弾 direct hit (Note: From the verb "meichû suru;" to strike; to have a hit)
meirei 命令 order, command
meirei keitô 命令系統 chain of command
men'eki 免疫 exemption from service
mibun shômeisho 身分証明書 identification card
mihari 見張 lookout
miharijo 見張所 signalling station (navy)
lookout post (army)
minarai 見習 on probation
minarai shikan 見習士官 probationary officer
minato 港 harbour, port
minkan hikô 民間飛行 civil aviation
mitsurei 密令 secret orders (Note: See "gunki")
môkan jûsô 盲貫銃創 lodged-bullet wound
mokuhyô 目標 target, objective
mokuhyô sekkô 目標斥候 target patrol
môretsu 猛烈 fierce, deadly (Note: For example, "môretsu naru kôgeki;" intense attack; a fierce attack)
muden fugô 無電符号 radio service code
mukin 無菌 antiseptic (Note: medical term)
mura 村 village, hamlet
musen 無線 wireless
musen jôhôhan 無線情報班 radio intelligence group
musen shôtai 無線小隊 wireless platoon
musenjo 無線所 wireless station
musentai 無線隊 wireless unit
muteki 無敵 peerless (Note: For example, "muteki kantai;" an invincible fleet)
invincible (Note: For example, "muteki kantai;" an invincible fleet)
naibu bôgyosen 内部防御線 inner defence line
naichi 内地 interior zone
naichi kimmu 内地勤務 home service
naichi suiro 内地水路 inland waterway
naikai 内海 inland sea
naimuhan 内務班 internal duty squad (Note: The grouping of men in barracks for internal administrative and/or disciplinary duties)
nankai shitai 南海支隊 South Seas Force
nankô furaku 難攻不落 impregnable (position)
nenkin 年金 pension
nenkô kahô 年功加俸 longevity pay
nenryô 燃料 fuel
nicchoku 日直 duty for the day
nicchoku sakan 日直佐官 field officer for the day
nichi nichi meirei 日日命令 order of the day
routine orders
nichiro sen'eki 日露戦役 Russo-Japanese War
nikka 日課 daily duty
nikuhaku kôgeki 肉薄攻撃 close range attack
nitôhei 二等兵 second class private (army)
ordinary seaman (navy)
aircraftsman (air)
nyûin 入院 admission to hospital (Note: medical term)
ôen 応援 support, reinforcement
oka 丘 hill
ôsha 応射 retaliatory fire
ôshû 欧州 Europe
rajio ラジオ radio
rakkasan 落下傘 parachute
rappa ラッパ(喇叭) bugle
trumpet
rasenki 螺旋機 propeller
rashinban 羅針盤 compass
reihôshiki 礼砲式 artillery salute
reijô 令状 written order
rengô kantai 連合艦隊 combined fleet
renpai 連敗 successive defeats
renpei 練兵 training
renpeikyû 練兵休 excuse from duty
renrakujo 連絡所 liaison post
renshô 連勝 successive victories
rentai 連隊 regiment
rentai hombu 連隊本部 regimental headquarters
rentaichô 連隊長 regimental commander
rentaiku 連隊区 regimental district
rentaiku chôheisho 連隊区徴兵所 district conscription office
renzoku shageki 連隊射撃 continuous fire
rikuchi sokuryôbu 陸地測量部 land survey department
rikugun daigakkô 陸軍大学校 military staff college (Note: These colleges were established to provide specialist military training to selected officers intended for leadership roles. The first Military Staff College was established in Tokyo in 1883.)
rikugun daijin 陸軍大臣 Minister for the Army (Note: )
rikugun gunmukyoku 陸軍軍務局 army affairs bureau
rikugun imukyoku 陸軍医務局 medical bureau
rikugun keihô 陸軍刑法 Army Penal Code
rikugun keirikyoku 陸軍経理局 army finance bureau
rikugun kôkû honbu 陸軍航空本部 army air service headquarters
rikujô kinmu 陸上勤務 land duty
rikujô kinmu chûtai 陸上勤務中隊 land duty company
rikusen 陸戦 land warfare
rikusentai 陸戦隊 naval landing party
rinji 臨時 temporary, improvised (Note: An adjective;for example, "rinji hensei no butai;" a unit that has been put together in an emergency situation.)
rirekisho 履歴書 record of service
ririku 離陸 take-off (aeroplane) (Note: See "chakuriku" )
roei 露営 bivouac
rojô sekkô 路上斥候 road patrol
ryakudatsu 略奪 plunder, pillage
ryôchi 領地 territory
ryodan 旅団 brigade
ryôdo 領土 territory, dominion
ryôkai 領海 territorial waters
ryômatsu 糧秣 provision and fodder
ryôshoku 糧食 provisions, rations
ryôshoku chûtai 糧食中隊 supply column
ryûdan 榴弾 shell
ryûsandan 榴散弾 shrapnel
sabyôhei 詐病兵 malingering soldier
sagyô 作業 work, labour
saiban kiroku 裁判記録 court record
saikô shireibu 最高司令部 general headquarters
sakan 佐官 field officer (field officer above Major) (Note: This term was used by the Japanese Army to classify commissioned officers above a certain rank. "Sakan" can refer to the rank of either Major, Lieutenant Colonel, or Colonel. See also "ikan" and "shôkan.")
sakudô 策動 manoeuvre, operation (Note: See also "kidô")
sakuretsu 炸裂 burst, explosion
sakusen 作戦■ì■í military operation (Note: See also "kidô" and "sakudô")
sakusen meirei 作戦命令 operation orders
sakusen nisshi 作戦日誌 operations diary
sakuteki 索敵 searching for enemy troops
sanbô 参謀 staff officer
sanbô jichô 参謀次長 Deputy Chief of the General Staff
sanbôchô 参謀長 Chief of Staff
sanpôhei 山砲兵 mountain artillery
sanpôhei rentai 山砲兵連隊 mountain artillery regiment
seiatsu 制圧 neutralisation, subjugation (of the enemy)
seigan kyûka 請願休暇 special leave (Note: Refers to leave granted on urgent private affairs)
seiketsu kensa 清潔検査 sanitary inspection
seikigun 正規軍 regular army
seikinshô 精勤章 good conduct badge
seikyû 請求 demand, requisition
seimon 誓文 oath of allegiance
seinen kunrensho 青年訓練所 Young Men's Military Training Corps
seiryoku 勢力 force, influence (Note: For example, "seiryoku han'i;" sphere of influence. )
seiseki 成績 performance (Note: This term usually refers to the performance of cadets or trainees, who would receive a "seiseki chôsho," or conduct sheet at the end of colour service. This sheet would be forwarded to the regimental district commandant, and then to the village head man.)
seisekihyô 成績表 register of performance results (Note: See "seiseki" )
seishi fumeisha 生死不明者 missing in action
seishin kyôiku 精神教育 moral training
spiritual training
seito 生徒 student, cadet (Note: See "Yônen Gakkô" )
sekijûji 赤十字 International Red Cross (Note: Japan was a signatory to the 1929 Geneva Treaty, but did not ratify it. For more information on this issue, especially as it pertains to Japan's treatment of POWs, see the research essay by Aiko UTSUMI, "The Japanese Army and its Prisoners.")
sekiri 赤痢 dysentery (Note: medical term)
sekkô 斥候 scout
sekkôtai 斥候隊 reconnoitering party
sen'eki 戦役 campaign
senchi 戦地 war zone
sendan 船団 convoy (of vessels)
transport fleet
senjutsu 戦術 military tactics
senkan 戦艦 battleship
senkyô 戦況 strategic situation
senkyoku 戦局 phase of battle
sennin shinkyû 先任進級 promotion by seniority (Note: See also "jitsueki teinen")
senpaku 船舶 shipping
senpaku kôhei 船舶工兵 marine engineer
senpaku kôhei chûtai 船舶工兵中隊 marine engineer company
senpaku kôhei rentai 船舶工兵連隊 marine engineer regiment
senpaku yusô 船舶輸送 shipping transport
senpaku yusô shireibu 船舶輸送司令部 shipping transport headquarters
senpakudan 船舶団 shipping group
senpakudan shireibu 船舶団司令部 shipping group headquarters
senpakushô 船舶廠 shipping workshop
senpôtai 戦砲隊 firing battery
senreki 戦歴 war service record
senretsu 戦列 line of battle (Note: See also "heitan")
senryaku 戦略 strategy
senryô 占領 occupation, capture
senryôchi 占領地 occupied area
senryôgun 占領軍 army of occupation
sensen 戦線 battle front, fighting line (Note: For example, "sensen ni zôka suru;" reinforcing the front. )
sensha 戦車 tank
sensha rentai 戦車連隊 tank regiment
sensui sentai 泉水戦隊 submarine squadron
sensuibokan 潜水母艦 submarine mother-ship
sensuikan 潜水艦 submarine
sentai 戦隊 air group (Note: Army air unit)
sentô joretsu 戦闘序列 order of battle
sentô shôhô 戦闘詳報 detailed engagement report
detailed battle report
setsueitai 設営隊 construction unit
shamôdan 射耗弾 expended ammunition
sharyô chûtai 車両中隊 ambulance company
shichûhei 輜重兵 army service corps
shichûhei rentai 輜重兵連隊 army service corps regiment
shichûtai 輜重中隊 supply and transport company
shidan 師団 division
shidan eiseitai 師団衛生隊 division medical unit
shidan shireibu 師団司令部 division headquarters
shidan tsûshintai 師団通信隊 division signals unit
shien butai 支援部隊 support group
shikan 師管 divisional district
shingeki butai 進撃部隊 strike force
shinjô meisaibo 身上明細簿 enlisted soldier's service record
shireibu 司令部 headquarters
shitai 支隊 detachment, force
shô 廠 depot, workshop
shôi 少尉 second lieutenant (army)
ensign (navy)
pilot officer (air)
shôkai butai 哨戒部隊 patrol group
shôkan 将官 general officer (commissioned officer above Major General) (Note: This term was used by the Japanese Army to classify commissioned officers above a certain rank. "Shôkan" can refer to the rank of Major General, Lieutenant General, or General. Se also "ikan" and "sakan." )
shôkô 将校 commissioned officer
shôkôkei kahô 小口径火砲 rifle, small calibre gun
shôkonsha 招魂社 Shrine to commemorate the war dead (Note: Yasukuni Shrine is dedicated to the memory of all Japanese soldiers who have died in the service of their country - including members of Japan's post-war army, the Self-Defence Forces ("jieitai"). It has regional branches all over Japan)
shôkû daitai 照空大隊 anti-aircraft searchlight battalion
shokuju denpyô 食需伝票 ration return
ration indent
shomuka 庶務科 General Affairs Section
shonin 初任 first appointment
shôsa 少佐 major (army)
lieutenant commander (navy)
squadron leader (air)
shôshô 少将 major general (army)
rear admiral (navy)
shôtai 小隊 platoon (army)
division (navy)
flight (army air)
shôtaichô 小隊長 platoon commander (army) (Note: See "Hikô Shôtai")
flight lieutenant (air) (Note: See "Hikô Shôtai")
shûban 週番 weekly duty (Note: For example, "shûban fukkan;" weekly adjutant)
shubitai 守備隊 garrison
shubitai shireibu 守備隊司令部 garrison headquarters
shûchû kôgeki 集中攻撃 concentrated attack
shuei kimmu 守衛勤務 guard duty
shûgyô 就業 medicine and duty (a sick-book entry)
shujutsu 手術 surgical operation
shukei 主計 paymaster
intendance officer
shukeika 主計科 finance section
shukuei 宿営 quarters
shukun 殊勲 distinguished service (Note: "shukunshô;" Conspicuous Gallantry Medal)
meritorious deed (Note: "shukunshô;" Conspicuous Gallantry Medal)
shukusha 宿舎 quarters
billet
shuninkan 主任管 officer in charge
shuppatsu meirei 出発命令 marching orders
shuppei 出兵 despatch of troops
shûri 修理 repairs
maintenance
shûribu 修理部 maintenance section
shûrishô 修理廠 maintenance park
shuryoku 主力 main strength
main force
shuryûdan 手榴弾 hand grenade
shusei 守勢 defence (Note: For example, "shusei ni tatsu;" to be on the defensive; to assume the defensive)
shusei bôgyo 守勢防御 passive defence
shûsei butai 集成部隊 composite unit (Note: A unit composed of parts of different units from the same arm or division)
shusen 主線 main line (of warfare)
shushô 首相 Prime Minister
shutsujin 出陣 taking the field (Note: This term is usually a verb; for example, as in "shutsujin suru;" to take the field; to go to war)
going to war (Note: This term is usually a verb; for example, as in "shutsujin suru;" to take the field; to go to war)
shuttô 出頭 reporting for duty (Note: This term is usually a verb; for example, as in "shuttô suru;" to report for duty)
shûyô 収容 collecting killed and wounded troops
providing cover to retiring troops
shûyô jinchi 収容陣地 covering position
rallying position
sôchi 装置 mechanism, apparatus
sôchô 曹長 staff sergeant (army)
chief petty officer (navy)
flight sergeant (air)
sôdôin 総動員 general mobilisation (Note: This term usually refers to the mobilisation of civilians to perform essential wartime work.)
sogeki 狙撃 sniping
sogekihei 狙撃兵 sniper
sôgi 葬儀 funeral ceremony
sôhei 捜兵 scout (Note: See also "sôsaku" and "sôsakutai")
sôkaitei 掃海艇 minesweeper
sôkô 装甲 armour (for tanks, ships, automobiles, etc.)
sôkôshatai 装甲車隊 armoured unit
sokumen 側面 flank, side
sokumen kôgeki 側面攻撃 flank attack
sokushahô 速射砲 pom-pom gun
sonshitsu 損失 losses, damage
sôsaku 捜索 search, reconnaissance
sôsaku rentai 捜索連隊 reconnaissance regiment
sôsakutai 捜索隊 scouting party
sôshireibu 総司令部 General Headquarters, U.S. Army (G.H.Q)
sôshireikan 総司令官 Commander-in-Chief (army)
sôten 操典 training manual
suiji gunsô 炊事軍曹 mess sergeant
suijô kinmu 水上勤務 sea duty
suijô kinmu chûtai 水上勤務中隊 sea duty company
suirai 水雷 torpedo
suirai bôgyomô 水雷防御網 torpedo net
suiraitei 水雷艇 torpedo boat
taii 大尉 captain (army)
lieutenant (navy)
flight lieutenant (air)
taisa 大佐 colonel (army)
captain (navy)
group captain (air)
taishô 大将 general (army)
admiral (navy)
air chief marshal (air)
tanchiku tai 站地区隊 line of communication area unit
tanchikutai honbu 站地区隊本部 line of communication area unit headquarters
tango 担伍 stretcher squad
tanka 担架 stretcher
tanka chûtai 担架中隊 bearer company
teidan 梯団 echelon (Note: used in conjunction with a large force)
teihaku shireibu 碇泊司令部 anchorage command
teinen 停年 seniority (Note: See "jitsueki teinen")
teinen meibo 停年名簿 promotion list, army list
teisatsu 偵察 reconnaissance
teisatsu hikôtai 偵察飛行隊 reconnaissance flight unit
tenpan 典範 regulations
tetsudô 鉄道 railway
tokubetsu rikusentai 特別陸戦隊 special naval landing party
tokugyôhei 特業兵 soldier with specialist skills (Note: For example, a cobbler/farrier)
tokujôbu 特情部 special intelligence section
tokumei 特命 special orders
special appointment
tokumu 特務 special duty
tokumu sôchô 特務曹長 special duty staff sergeant
tokusetsu rikujô kinmu chûtai 特設陸上勤務中隊 special land duty company
tokusetsu suijô kinmu chûtai 特設水上勤務中隊 special sea duty company
tôrei 答礼 to return salute
tosen 渡船 ferry boat
toshu butai 徒手部隊 unarmed unit
tsûhô 通報 message, notification
tsûkoku 通告 notification, notice
tsûro 通路 passage, road
tsûshin 通信 signals
tsûshin chûtai 通信中隊 signals company
tsûshin gakari shôkô 通信掛将校 signals officer
tsûshin sesshu 通信窃取 signals interception, listening in
tsûshin shi 通信紙 field communcations form
tsûshin shi tsuzuri 通信紙綴 field communications register
tsûshintai 通信隊 signals unit
tsûyaku 通訳 interpretation
yahô 野砲 field artillery
yahôhei chûtai 野砲兵中隊 field artillery company
yahôhei daitai 野砲兵大隊 field artillery battalion
yahôhei rentai 野砲兵連隊 field artillery regiment
yasen 野戦 field
yasen bôkûtai 野戦防空隊 field anti-aircraft defence unit
yasen bôkûtai honbu 野戦防空隊本部 field anti-aircraft defence unit headquarters
yasen byôin 野戦病院 field hospital (Note: See also "heitan byôin")
yasen dôrotai 野戦道路隊 field road construction unit
yasen heikishô 野戦兵器廠 field ordnance depot
yasen hikôjô setteitai 野戦飛行場設定隊 field airfield construction unit
yasen jidôshashô 野戦自動車廠 field automobile depot
yasen kamotsushô 野戦貨物廠 field freight depot
yasen kenpeitai 野戦憲兵隊 field military police
yasen kikanhô chûtai 野戦機関砲中隊 field machine-gun company
yasen kishôtai 野戦気象隊 field meteorological unit
yasen kôkû hokyûshô 野戦航空補給廠 field air supply park
yasen kôshahô 野戦高射砲 field anti-aircraft artillery
yasen kôshahô daitai 野戦高射砲大隊 field anti-aircraft artillery battalion
yasen kôshahôtai shireibu 野戦高射砲司令部 field anti-aircraft artillery headquarters
yasen senpakushô 野戦船舶廠 field shipping workshop
yasen shôkû daitai 野戦照空大隊 field anti-aircraft searchlight battalion
yasen sôko 野戦倉庫 field depot
yasen yûbintai 野戦郵便隊 field postal unit
yasen yusô shireibu 野戦輸送司令部 field transport headquarters
yobieki 予備役 first reserve service
yômurei 要務令 field service regulations
yônen gakkô 幼年学校 military preparatory school
yôrikutai 揚陸隊 landing party
yûgeki 遊撃 diversion
yûgekitai 遊撃隊 flying column
yûsen chûtai 有線中隊 cable company
yusôsen 輸送船 transport vessel, cargo vessel
zanryûtai 残留隊 Residual Unit
 
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