戍じゅ卒そつ

noun

garrison soldier; border guard

Historical Chinese and early Japanese term for a soldier stationed at a frontier garrison. Rare in modern Japanese; encountered mainly in classical texts or historical descriptions.

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくでは、戍じゅ卒そつが万ばん里りの長ちょう城じょうの守しゅ備びに当あたった。

  In ancient China, garrison soldiers were stationed to defend the Great Wall.

• この史し書しょには、辺へん境きょうに送おくられた戍じゅ卒そつの苦く労ろうが記しるされている。

  This historical record describes the hardships of the garrison soldiers sent to the frontier.