一いっ等とう兵へい曹そう

noun

chief petty officer (IJN); petty officer first class (US Navy)

Historical Imperial Japanese Navy rank, roughly equivalent to a US Navy petty officer first class. Used in military contexts.

See also: 上等兵曹 (じょうとうへいそう)

• 彼かれは戦せん時じ中ちゅう、一いっ等とう兵へい曹そうとして駆く逐ちく艦かんに乗のり組くんでいた。

  During the war, he served aboard a destroyer as a chief petty officer.