壮そう丁てい

noun

able-bodied young man; youth of conscription age

Historical term for a young man who has reached adulthood and is eligible for military conscription. Now rare outside historical contexts.

• 戦せん前ぜんは、二十歳はたちになると壮そう丁ていとして徴ちょう兵へい検けん査さを受うけた。

  Before the war, upon turning twenty, young men underwent conscription examinations as able-bodied youths.