弓きゅう兵へい

noun

archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier

General term for a soldier armed with a bow, used in historical or fantasy contexts.

• 中ちゅう世せいの戦せん場じょうでは弓きゅう兵へいが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたした。

  Archers played an important role on medieval battlefields.

noun

crossbow soldier

Specifically a soldier using a crossbow, often in the context of shogi or historical military terminology.

• 将しょう棋ぎの駒こまの一ひとつに弓きゅう兵へいがある。

  One of the pieces in shogi is the crossbow soldier.