海かい尉い

noun, used as a suffix

lower-grade officer rank (JMSDF)

Used as a suffix in JMSDF rank titles, corresponding to junior officer grades. Compare 海佐 for senior officer ranks.

See also: 海佐

• 一いっ等とう海かい尉いは、海かい上じょう自じ衛えい隊たいの尉い官かんの階かい級きゅうの一ひとつです。

  Lieutenant (JMSDF) is one of the junior officer ranks in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

• 彼かれは三さん等とう海かい尉いに任にん官かんした。

  He was commissioned as an ensign (JMSDF).