後こう備び役えき

noun

second reserve service; military reserve force of ex-servicemen

Historical military term referring to a reserve force composed of former soldiers, or the service in such a force. Not in common modern use.

• 戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんでは、後こう備び役えきは現げん役えきを退しりぞいた兵へい士しで構こう成せいされていた。

  In pre-war Japan, the second reserve was made up of soldiers who had left active service.