二に等とう兵へい曹そう

noun

petty officer second class (IJN); petty officer (RN); petty officer second class (USN)

Historical rank in the Imperial Japanese Navy, equivalent to a petty officer second class in the US Navy or a petty officer in the Royal Navy. Used in military contexts, especially when discussing WWII-era naval forces.

• 彼かれの祖そ父ふは旧きゅう日本にほん海かい軍ぐんの二に等とう兵へい曹そうだった。

  His grandfather was a petty officer second class in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

• 二に等とう兵へい曹そうは下か士し官かんの一ひとつで、兵へい曹そう長ちょうの下したに位い置ちした。

  Petty officer second class was one of the non-commissioned officer ranks, positioned below chief petty officer.