挺

Meaning

挺 centers on the idea of standing out or extending forward: bravely volunteering oneself, or serving as a counter for long, protruding objects like guns, inksticks, palanquins, and rickshaws.

• 空挺くうてい

  airborne (troops, operation, etc.)

• 挺身ていしん

  offering oneself (for); volunteering (to do); coming forward; going ahead of others

• 挺身隊ていしんたい

  military unit composed of personnel who have volunteered for dangerous assignments; volunteer corps

• 女子挺身隊じょしていしんたい

  women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII

• 挺すていす

  to put (oneself) forward; to risk (one's life); to volunteer (bravely)

• 挺するていする

  to put (oneself) forward; to risk (one's life); to volunteer (bravely)

• 挺幹ていかん

  caudex (of a plant)

• 挺進ていしん

  going ahead of the others; advancing ahead of the main force

• 挺進隊ていしんたい

  advance unit sent ahead of the main force on a special mission

• 特殊空挺部隊とくしゅくうていぶたい

  Special Air Service; SAS

• 空挺作戦くうていさくせん

  airborne operation

• 空挺兵くうていへい

  paratrooper

• 空挺堡くうていほ

  airhead

• 空挺師団くうていしだん

  airborne division

• 空挺旅団くうていりょだん

  airborne brigade; parachute brigate

• 空挺部隊くうていぶたい

  airborne troops; paratroops

• 空挺降下地域くうていこうかちいき

  drop zone

• 空挺隊くうていたい

  airborne troops; paratroops

• 空挺隊員くうていたいいん

  paratroopers

• 英国陸軍特殊空挺部隊えいこくりくぐんとくしゅくうていぶたい

  Special Air Service; Special Air Service Regiment

Explore all words using 挺 →