Usage patterns 兵へい 力りょく を 増ぞう 強きょう する to reinforce/build up military strength
They reinforced their military strength along the border.
兵へい 力りょく を 投とう 入にゅう する to commit troops/forces
The government committed a large military force.
兵へい 力りょく を 撤てっ 退たい させる to withdraw troops/forces
Both countries withdrew their forces based on the agreement.
〈 数かず 〉 の 兵へい 力りょく a military force of a certain size
The enemy massed a force of fifty thousand troops.
兵へい 力りょく で 劣おと る to be inferior in military strength
Our forces were outnumbered in terms of military strength.
Kanji 兵 soldier, private, troops Related words· 7 戦力 covers a country's whole war-fighting potential (military, economic, industrial), while 兵力 refers specifically to the strength of troops and their combat capability.
軍備 refers to armaments and overall military preparedness, whereas 兵力 focuses on the actual strength of the armed forces themselves.
軍事力 is a near-synonym meaning overall military power, while 兵力 more narrowly denotes troop strength and personnel numbers.
兵力 covers overall military strength including equipment and capability, while 兵員 refers specifically to the number of personnel.
Show 3 more Show fewer 兵力 specifically means the size or strength of armed forces, while 武 is a broader, more abstract word for military power or authority.
兵力 stresses military strength or troop numbers as an abstract resource, whereas 軍勢 refers to the actual body of soldiers gathered together.
兵力 refers specifically to troop numbers and military manpower, whereas 武力 is the broader concept of armed force or its use.
Etymology Compound of 兵 (へい , 'soldier, military') and 力 (りょく , 'power, strength'). The reading is on'yomi.
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