二等兵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	等	兵
に Grade: 1	とう Grade: 3	へい Grade: 4
goon		kan’on

Etymology

二等 (“second level”) +‎ 兵 (“servicemember”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) にとーへー [nìtóꜜòhèè] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ito̞ːhe̞ː]

Noun

二(に)等(とう)兵(へい) • (nitōhei)

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

See also

二(じょう)等(とう)兵(へい)曹(そう) (jōtō heisō)

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