少しょう飛ひ

noun

boy air cadet; young flight trainee

Historical abbreviation of 少年飛行兵 (shōnen hikōhei). Refers to male cadets aged 14–19 in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service during WWII. Not used in modern contexts.

See also: 少年飛行兵

• 少しょう飛ひは、戦せん時じ中ちゅうに陸りく軍ぐん航こう空くう隊たいで訓くん練れんを受うけた少しょう年ねん兵へいを指さす言こと葉ばだ。

  Shōhi is a term for the boy soldiers who trained in the Army Air Service during the war.