low-ranking soldier
Historical term for a common soldier in pre-modern Japanese military contexts.
Abbreviation of 卒業. Used as a suffix in compounds like 大卒 (university graduate) or 中卒 (junior high school graduate).
See also: 卒業
noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix
moving on (from); outgrowing (something)
Abbreviation of 卒業 in its figurative sense. Used as a suffix or prefix to indicate leaving behind a stage, habit, or item. Common in phrases like そろそろゲームを卒業する (to outgrow gaming).
See also: 卒業
low-ranking samurai (1870-1872)
Historical abbreviation of 卒族, referring to a specific low-ranking samurai class during the early Meiji period.
See also: 卒族
Abbreviation of 卒去, a respectful term for the death of a noble or high-ranking person. Rare in modern usage.
See also: 卒去
In the Edo period, a 卒 was a rank below that of an ashigaru foot soldier.
He is a university graduate and found a job right away.
I want to outgrow staying up late.
In the early Meiji period, the 卒 were placed at the lowest tier of the warrior class.
In the old document, the death of the noble was recorded simply as 卒.
卒去 is the full, respectful word for a noble's death; 卒 is its abbreviated form, now rare on its own.
卒 and 率 look similar in kanji shape but 卒 means graduation/soldier while 率 means rate or proportion.
graduation; completion of a course · moving on from; outgrowing · leaving a group; quitting
new graduate; recent graduate
high school graduate; having a high school diploma
university graduate; having graduated from university
graduation thesis; bachelor's thesis
junior high school graduate; middle school graduate; having only junior high school education
fainting; swooning
private (soldier); rank and file
university graduate; college graduate
The kanji 卒 originally means 'soldier' or 'to finish'. The modern senses are mostly abbreviations of longer compounds: 卒業 (graduation), 卒族 (low-ranking samurai class), and 卒去 (death of a noble).
low-ranking prison guard · hell's tormenting devils
college graduate; university graduate
stroke; cerebral stroke; apoplexy
host of soldiers; many soldiers
dead soldier · deserter · dying
hurried; hasty; sudden; abrupt
weaning
rank and file; the ranks
graduation art project
leaving a club or team; graduating from a group
graduating from kindergarten; finishing preschool
amicable marital separation without divorce
90th birthday