軍ぐん兵ぴょう

also: ぐんぺい · ぐんびょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

armed forces; battle troops

Refers to military forces or troops, often in a collective sense. Slightly formal or literary.

The enemy's armed forces are massing at the border.

彼かれは軍ぐん兵ぴょうとして戦せん地ちに赴おもむいた。

He went to the battlefield as a soldier.

軍兵ぐんぴょうを率ひきいるto lead troops
将しょう軍ぐんは数すう千せんの軍ぐん兵ぴょうを率ひきいて城しろへ向むかった。
The general led thousands of troops toward the castle.
軍兵ぐんぴょうを送おくるto send troops (somewhere)
国こく王おうは国こっ境きょうに軍ぐん兵ぴょうを送おくった。
The king sent troops to the border.
軍兵ぐんぴょうが集あつまるfor troops to assemble
城しろの周まわりに多おおくの軍ぐん兵ぴょうが集あつまった。
A great number of troops gathered around the castle.

軍ぐん隊たいN3
軍隊 is the general, everyday term for 'military' or 'armed forces', while 軍兵 is a more literary word emphasizing the troops or soldiers themselves.
兵へい士しN1
兵士 refers to an individual soldier, whereas 軍兵 is a collective, somewhat literary term for a body of troops.
兵へい隊たいN2
兵隊 is a common, everyday word for soldiers or troops, while 軍兵 sounds more formal or archaic.

Compound of 軍 (army) and 兵 (soldier). The reading ぐんぴょう is a regular on'yomi combination, while ぐんぺい and ぐんびょう are variant readings.

Alternate reading; less common than ぐんぴょう.

ぐんぺい

ぐんびょう