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軍団 (ぐんだん, gundan) Japanese meaning: army corps | Kotomora

軍ぐん団だん

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Meanings

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army corps; corps

Refers to a military unit larger than a division, or by extension any large organized group with a strong sense of unity.

彼かれは陸りく軍ぐんの軍ぐん団だんに所しょ属ぞくしていた。

He belonged to an army corps.

そのサッカーチームはまるで軍ぐん団だんのような結けっ束そく力りょくを持もっている。

That soccer team has a unity like a corps.

Usage patterns

〈軍ぐん団だん〉を率ひきいるto lead a corps/group
彼かれは最さい強きょうの軍ぐん団だんを率ひきいて戦たたかいに挑いどんだ。
He led the strongest corps into battle.
〈軍ぐん団だん〉を結けっ成せいするto form a corps/team
若わか手て選せん手しゅたちが新あたらしい軍ぐん団だんを結けっ成せいした。
The young players formed a new team.
悪あくの〈軍ぐん団だん〉an army/group of villains
映えい画がには悪あくの軍ぐん団だんが登とう場じょうする。
An army of villains appears in the movie.

Kanji

軍army, force, troops
団group, association

Related words· 6

師し団だん
師団 is a division, a smaller military unit than 軍団, which refers to a corps composed of multiple divisions.
部ぶ隊たい
部隊 is a general, size-neutral term for a military unit, while 軍団 specifically denotes a large corps or a big, tightly-knit group.
軍ぐん隊たいN3
軍隊 refers broadly to armed forces or the military as an institution, whereas 軍団 names a specific large unit within it.
集しゅう団だんN3
集団 is a neutral word for any group of people, while 軍団 carries a military or strongly organized, unified connotation even when used figuratively.

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兵へい団だん
軍団 is a broader, less formal term for a large military force or corps, while 兵団 specifically denotes an army corps in a formal military hierarchy.
戦せん隊たい
軍団 denotes a large military corps or legion, whereas 戦隊 is a smaller, more tightly organized squadron or team.

Word family

軍ぐん団だん長ちょう
corps commander

Etymology

Compound of 軍 (army) and 団 (group). The term has been used historically for military corps and is now also applied metaphorically to any large, tightly-knit group.