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

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noun

armed forces; battle troops

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

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He went to the battlefield as a soldier.

軍ぐん隊たい
軍隊 is the general term for 'military' or 'armed forces', while 軍兵 emphasizes the troops or soldiers themselves.
兵へい士し
兵士 refers to an individual soldier, whereas 軍兵 is a collective term for troops.

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.