兵へい曹そう長ちょう

noun

chief warrant officer (Japanese Imperial Navy)

Historical rank in the Imperial Japanese Navy, roughly equivalent to a chief warrant officer. Cross-referenced with 准尉 (jun'i, warrant officer).

See also: 准尉

• 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兵へい曹そう長ちょうだった。

  His grandfather was a chief warrant officer in the former Imperial Japanese Navy.