N2595/1725

兵へい隊たい

nounnoun (generic)colloquial

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へいたい

Meanings

armed forces, military, troops
(common) soldier, rank-and-file soldier
underling, ordinary employee, grunt

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Example sentences

彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、兵隊へいたいとして戦場せんじょうに送おくられた。

When he was young, he was sent to the battlefield as a soldier.

その国くにの兵隊へいたいたちは厳きびしい訓練くんれんを受うけている。

The soldiers of that country are undergoing rigorous training.

彼女かのじょは会社かいしゃの中なかで兵隊へいたいのような存在そんざいで、上司じょうしの命令めいれいに従したがうだけだった。

She was like a grunt in the company, doing nothing but following her superior's orders.

戦争せんそうが終おわり、多おおくの兵隊へいたいが故郷こきょうに帰かえることができなかった。

After the war ended, many soldiers were unable to return to their hometowns.

組織そしきの末端まったんで働はたらく兵隊へいたいたちの声こえは、経営陣けいえいじんにはなかなか届とどかないものだ。

The voices of the rank-and-file workers at the bottom of the organization rarely reach upper management.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)