陸りく上じょう自じ衛えい隊たい

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Meanings

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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF

Official name of Japan's army-equivalent land force. Often abbreviated as 陸自 (りくじ) in news and conversation.

陸りく上じょう自じ衛えい隊たいは災さい害がい派は遣けんでも活かつ躍やくしている。
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is also active in disaster relief operations.
彼かれは大だい学がく卒そつ業ぎょう後ご、陸りく上じょう自じ衛えい隊たいに入にゅう隊たいした。
After graduating from university, he joined the JGSDF.

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Usage patterns

陸りく上じょう自じ衛えい隊たいに入はいるto join the Ground Self-Defense Force
兄あには高こう校こうを卒そつ業ぎょうしてすぐに陸りく上じょう自じ衛えい隊たいに入はいった。
My older brother joined the Ground Self-Defense Force right after graduating high school.
陸りく上じょう自じ衛えい隊たいが〈場ば所しょ〉に派は遣けんされるthe Ground Self-Defense Force is dispatched to a place
災さい害がいが起おきた地ち域いきに陸りく上じょう自じ衛えい隊たいが派は遣けんされた。
The Ground Self-Defense Force was dispatched to the disaster-stricken area.

Kanji

陸land, six
上above, up
自oneself
衛defense, protection
隊regiment, party, company

Related words

陸りく自じ
陸自 is the common news/casual abbreviation for 陸上自衛隊, the full official name of the Ground Self-Defense Force.

Don't confuse with

自じ衛えい隊たいN1
自衛隊 refers to Japan's Self-Defense Forces as a whole (land, sea, and air), while 陸上自衛隊 names only the land branch.
海かい上じょう自じ衛えい隊たい
海上自衛隊 is the Maritime Self-Defense Force (Japan's navy-equivalent), distinct from 陸上自衛隊, the land-based force.
航こう空くう自じ衛えい隊たい
航空自衛隊 is the Air Self-Defense Force, Japan's air-power branch, as opposed to 陸上自衛隊, which handles ground operations.

Etymology

Compound of 陸上 (りくじょう, 'ground, land') and 自衛隊 (じえいたい, 'self-defense force').