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一等陸士 (いっとうりくし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いっ等とう陸りく士し

Meanings

1

noun

private first class (JGSDF)

military

Specific rank in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, equivalent to a junior enlisted soldier above private.

彼かれは入にゅう隊たいして二に年ねんで一いっ等とう陸りく士しに昇しょう進しんした。
He was promoted to private first class two years after enlisting.

Written forms

一いっ等とう陸りく士し
Standard kanji form for this JGSDF rank.
１いっ等とう陸りく士し
Variant using numeral １ instead of 一; less common but still seen in official contexts.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
等etc., and so forth, class (first)

陸land, six

士gentleman, scholar, samurai

Similar words

二に等とう陸りく士し
二等陸士 is the rank immediately below 一等陸士, equivalent to private.
陸りく士し長ちょう
陸士長 is the rank immediately above 一等陸士, equivalent to lance corporal.

Etymology

Compound of 一等 (first class) + 陸士 (ground soldier), a modern rank term created for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.