従じゅう軍ぐん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign

Refers to accompanying an army or serving in a military campaign, often as a soldier, reporter, or support personnel. Can be used historically or in modern contexts.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、従じゅう軍ぐん記き者しゃとして戦せん場じょうに行いった。

  When he was young, he went to the battlefield as a war correspondent.

• 祖そ父ふは第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん中ちゅうに従じゅう軍ぐんした。

  My grandfather served in the military during World War II.