二に尉い

noun

first lieutenant (JGSDF)

Abbreviation of 二等陸尉 (second-class ground officer), used in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. Equivalent to first lieutenant in many Western armies.

See also: 二等陸尉

• 彼かれは二に尉いに昇しょう進しんしたばかりだ。

  He has just been promoted to first lieutenant.

• 二に尉いとして小しょう隊たいを指し揮きする。

  As a first lieutenant, he commands a platoon.