Meaning

Primary

Soldier

Alternative

Military Personnel

Word Type

noun

Explanation

An army person is someone in the army. What are those people called? They're soldiers.

Reading

ぐんじん
  • 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

Common Word Combinations

  • 軍人が来る

    the soldier comes

    軍人がいる

    there is a soldier

    軍人がする

    the soldier does

Context Sentences

うちの父は元軍人です。

My father is a former soldier.

見て、あそこに軍人さんがたくさんいる。どうしたんだろう?

Look, there are a lot of servicemen over there. I wonder what's going on?

その戦争では、50万人以上の軍人が命を落としました。

In that war, over 500,000 servicemen lost their lives.

Kanji Composition