初しょ年ねん兵へい

noun

new recruit; raw recruit; first-year soldier

Military term for a soldier in their first year of service, often still in basic training. Used in historical or modern military contexts.

• 初しょ年ねん兵へいは厳きびしい訓くん練れんを受うける。

  New recruits undergo rigorous training.

• 彼かれはまだ初しょ年ねん兵へいだから、上じょう官かんの命めい令れいに従したがうだけだ。

  He's still a first-year soldier, so he just follows orders from his superiors.