一いち兵へい士し

noun

ordinary soldier; mere soldier

Refers to a common soldier without rank or distinction; often used in contrast to officers or elite troops.

• 彼かれは一いち兵へい士しとして戦せん場じょうに赴おもむいた。

  He went to the battlefield as an ordinary soldier.

• 将しょう軍ぐんも元もとは一いち兵へい士しだった。

  The general was once a mere soldier.