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一等空曹 (いっとうくうそう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いっ等とう空くう曹そう

Meanings

1

noun

master sergeant (JASDF)

military

A specific non-commissioned officer rank in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

彼かれは一いっ等とう空くう曹そうに昇しょう進しんした。
He was promoted to master sergeant.

Written forms

一いっ等とう空くう曹そう
Standard kanji form for this JASDF rank.
１いっ等とう空くう曹そう
Numerical variant; encountered in official documents.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
等etc., and so forth, class (first)

空empty, sky, void

曹office, official, comrade

Etymology

Compound of 一等 (first class) + 空曹 (air sergeant), a rank designation in the JASDF.