旅りょ団だん

りょ

だ

ん

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

brigade

A military unit, typically larger than a regiment and smaller than a division. In modern Japanese usage, it often refers to a brigade in the Ground Self-Defense Force or historical military contexts.

その旅りょ団だんは山さん岳がく地ち帯たいでの作さく戦せんを得とく意いとしている。
That brigade specializes in operations in mountainous terrain.
彼かれは陸りく上じょう自じ衛えい隊たいの旅りょ団だん長ちょうに任にん命めいされた。
He was appointed commander of a Ground Self-Defense Force brigade.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に旅りょ団だんを派は遣けんするto dispatch a brigade to a place
政せい府ふは国こっ境きょう地ち帯たいに旅りょ団だんを派は遣けんした。
The government dispatched a brigade to the border area.
旅りょ団だんを編へん成せいするto form/organize a brigade
新あたらしい旅りょ団だんが編へん成せいされた。
A new brigade was organized.

Kanji

旅trip, travel
団group, association

Related words

師し団だん
旅団 is a brigade, a smaller military formation than a 師団 (division).
連れん隊たい
旅団 (brigade) is a larger military unit than 連隊 (regiment), usually composed of two or more regiments.

Don't confuse with

連れん隊たい
連隊 is a regiment, a military unit smaller than a 旅団 (brigade), so learners often mix up their relative sizes.
師し団だん
師団 is a division, a military unit larger than a 旅団 (brigade), so the two are easy to confuse when learning military rank terms.

Word family

空くう挺てい旅りょ団だん
airborne brigade; parachute brigade

Etymology

From 旅 (りょ, 'troops') + 団 (だん, 'group'). The term was adopted in the modern military sense during the Meiji period as part of the reorganization of the army along Western lines.