丁てい種しゅ

noun

unfit for military duty (historical); person unfit for conscription

Historical term from the former Japanese military conscription system. Refers to a classification (丁種) given to individuals who failed the physical examination and were deemed unfit for service. The term can also refer to the person so classified. Not used in modern military contexts.

• 戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんでは、徴ちょう兵へい検けん査さで不ふ合ごう格かくになると丁てい種しゅとされた。

  In prewar Japan, those who failed the conscription physical were classified as teishu (unfit for duty).

• 彼かれは病びょう弱じゃくだったため、丁てい種しゅとして兵へい役えきを免めん除じょされた。

  Because he was frail, he was exempted from military service as a teishu.