Meaning

Primary

Navy

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

The sea army are the branch of the military that has boats and does ocean/sea things. What's that? The navy.

Reading

かいぐん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 海軍がいる

    the navy is here, the navy is there

    海軍が持つ

    the navy has

    海軍がする

    the navy does

Context Sentences

海軍にいた時、おれ的にはお前には十分すぎるぐらいやさしくしてたつもりなんだけどな。

By my standards, I was almost too nice to you when we were in the navy.

この海軍のしきたりでは、本当に悪かったなと思って反せいしている人は、自らすすんでトイレそうじをすることでせい意を見せることになっています。

As an institution of this navy, if someone is genuinely sorry about something, they have to volunteer to clean the toilet to show their good faith.

電話に出れなくてごめん。信じられないかもしれないけど、実は今海軍の船の上なんだよね。降りたら電話するね。

I’m sorry I couldn’t catch your call. Believe it or not, I’m actually on a navy ship right now. I’ll call you when I get off.

Kanji Composition