曹そう長ちょう

noun

master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)

A senior non-commissioned officer rank in the Japan Self-Defense Forces, roughly equivalent to master sergeant or sergeant major in Western armies.

• 彼かれは陸りく上じょう自じ衛えい隊たいの曹そう長ちょうに昇しょう進しんした。

  He was promoted to sergeant major in the Ground Self-Defense Force.

• 曹そう長ちょうは部ぶ隊たいの訓くん練れんを監かん督とくする責せき任にんがある。

  The master sergeant is responsible for supervising the unit's training.