一等兵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	等	兵
いち > いっ Grade: 1	とう Grade: 3	へい Grade: 4
goon		kan’on

Etymology

一等 (“first level”) +‎ 兵 (“servicemember”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) いっとーへー [ìttóꜜòhèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [it̚to̞ːhe̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)等(とう)兵(へい) • (ittōhei)

(military) a private first class (enlisted rank below superior private and above second-class private in the Imperial Japanese Army)
Coordinate terms: 一等水兵, 上等兵, 二等兵

See also

一(じょう)等(とう)兵(へい)曹(そう) (jōtō heisō)

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