職しょく業ぎょう軍ぐん人じん

noun

career soldier; professional soldier

Refers to a person who serves in the military as a long-term profession, as opposed to a conscript or temporary recruit.

• 彼かれは職しょく業ぎょう軍ぐん人じんとして20年ねん間かん勤きん務むした。

  He served as a career soldier for 20 years.