noun
Archaic or literary term for military forces, soldiers, or warfare. Not used in everyday modern Japanese; encountered mainly in historical or classical contexts.
古い文献には「軍旅」という語が戦や兵士を指して使われている。
In old documents, the word 軍旅 is used to refer to war or soldiers.
The usual word for 'war'. 軍旅 can carry the meaning of war in classical contexts.
A Sino-Japanese compound of 軍 (army) and 旅 (troops, travel). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in classical Chinese and was adopted into literary Japanese.