Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 将しょう 校こう になる for someone to become a commissioned officer
He graduated from the military academy and became a commissioned officer.
将しょう 校こう に 任にん 命めい される to be appointed as an officer
He was appointed as an officer at a young age.
将しょう 校こう として 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something in one's capacity as an officer
As an officer, he commanded the unit.
Kanji 将 leader, commander, general Related words 士官 is a near-synonym for 将校 , both meaning 'commissioned officer', but 将校 is the more common everyday term while 士官 sounds slightly more formal or technical.
将兵 includes both officers and soldiers as a group, whereas 将校 refers specifically to the commissioned officers among them.
将校 means a commissioned officer specifically, while 軍人 is the general term including both officers and enlisted ranks.
Opposites 将校 refers to commissioned officers, while 下士官 refers to non-commissioned officers (like sergeants), the rank category directly below.
将校 means a commissioned officer, the opposite rank from 兵隊 , which denotes a rank-and-file soldier.
Etymology Compound of 将 (leader, commander) and 校 (to examine, military rank). The term was adopted in the Meiji era to translate Western military ranks, combining kanji with relevant meanings.
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