海かい軍ぐん中ちゅう将じょう

noun

vice-admiral

A rank in the Imperial Japanese Navy and modern Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, equivalent to a vice-admiral in English-speaking navies.

• 山やま本もと五十いそ六ろくは海かい軍ぐん中ちゅう将じょうとして真しん珠じゅ湾わん攻こう撃げきを指し揮きした。

  Yamamoto Isoroku, as a vice-admiral, commanded the attack on Pearl Harbor.