軍ぐん人じん

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Meanings

noun

military personnel; serviceman; servicewoman; soldier

General term for a member of the armed forces, regardless of branch, rank, or gender. Neutral in register.

彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、軍ぐん人じんだった。
He was a soldier when he was young.
軍ぐん人じんの家か族ぞくは転てん勤きんが多おおい。
Military families move frequently.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は軍ぐん人じんになるsomeone becomes a soldier/military person
彼かれは父ちちの反はん対たいを押おして軍ぐん人じんになった。
He became a soldier despite his father's objections.
軍ぐん人じんとして〈動どう詞し〉to do something in one's capacity as a military person
彼かれは軍ぐん人じんとして国くにのために戦たたかった。
He fought for his country as a soldier.
元もと軍ぐん人じんa former soldier/military person
彼かれは元もと軍ぐん人じんで、今いまは農のう業ぎょうをしている。
He's a former soldier who now works in farming.

Kanji

軍army, force, troops
人person

Related words· 6

兵へい士しN1
兵士 refers specifically to an enlisted soldier, while 軍人 broadly covers all military personnel including officers.
自じ衛えい官かん
自衛官 is the official term for a member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces, whereas 軍人 can refer to military personnel of any nation.
将しょう校こう
将校 means a commissioned officer specifically, while 軍人 is the general term including both officers and enlisted ranks.
兵へい員いん
軍人 denotes an individual member of the armed forces, whereas 兵員 is a collective term counting troop numbers.

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軍ぐん医い
軍人 refers broadly to any member of the armed forces, whereas 軍医 is specifically the medical officer among them.
将しょう兵へい
軍人 is the general word for any member of the military, while 将兵 specifically pairs officers with the rank-and-file in formal usage.

Opposites

民みん間かん人じん
民間人 means a civilian, in direct contrast to 軍人, a member of the armed forces.
軍ぐん属ぞく
軍人 is a uniformed member of the armed forces, while 軍属 is a civilian employed by the military without a combat role.
文ぶん民みん
軍人 refers to a member of the military, the direct opposite of 文民, a non-military civilian.

Don't confuse with

軍ぐん隊たいN3
軍隊 refers to the military as an organization or force, while 軍人 refers to an individual member of that force.

Counted with

人にん
軍人 is counted with 人, the standard counter for people.
名めいN2
軍人 can also be counted with 名, a more formal counter used for people in official or ceremonial contexts.

Word family· 11

旧きゅう軍ぐん人じん
ex-soldier; former soldier
傷しょう痍い軍ぐん人じん
wounded soldier; disabled veteran
出しゅっ征せい軍ぐん人じん
soldier at the front; soldier on active service
在ざい郷ごう軍ぐん人じん
reservist
帝てい国こく軍ぐん人じん
imperial soldier

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職しょく業ぎょう軍ぐん人じん
career soldier; professional soldier
軍ぐん人じん将しょう棋ぎ
gunjin shogi; military shogi
軍ぐん人じん恩おん給きゅう
military pension
軍ぐん人じん生せい活かつ
military life
退たい役えき軍ぐん人じん
veteran; ex-serviceman

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Etymology

Compound of 軍 (army, military) and 人 (person). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the word has been used since the Meiji period to refer to members of the military.