兵隊|へいたいheitai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounarmed forces; military; troops
   その市しはやがて兵隊へいたいによって占領せんりょうされた。↗

   The city was soon occupied by the soldiers.
2. noun(common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier
3. noununderling; ordinary employee; grunt

• Synonym軍隊ぐんたいNeutralThe military as an organization, stressing the force as a whole; 「兵隊」 usually means ordinary soldiers and can also mock a small-time underling.
• Synonym軍勢ぐんぜいWrittenWritten/formal prose for military strength or a host of troops, with an archaic ring; 「兵隊」 centers on the soldiers themselves.
• Synonym軍人ぐんじんNeutralDenotes the status of being military personnel, officers included; 「兵隊」 leans toward ordinary soldiers.
• Synonym兵士へいしNeutralThe formal way to say soldier; 「兵隊」 is more colloquial and can also mean a small-time underling.
• Related兵へいWrittenWritten 「兵」, the reading matters: as 「いくさ」 it is archaic for war or an army; as 「へい」 it means soldiers or the military.
• Related戦士せんしNeutralA fighter or warrior with a heroic nuance; 「兵隊」 suggests the common soldier.
• Related武者むしゃNeutralA samurai or warrior with a historical flavor, as in 「武者修行」; 「兵隊」 covers soldiers in an army or the army itself, in any era.
• Related軍卒ぐんそつWrittenWritten/formal and archaic for a soldier; in speech people say 「兵隊」.
• Related下士官兵かしかんへいWrittenMilitary jargon for non-commissioned officers and enlisted men, excluding commissioned officers; 「兵隊」 is the everyday word.
• Related軍士ぐんしWrittenWritten/formal and rare, for servicemen; in daily use say 「兵隊」 or 「兵士」.
• Related兵卒へいそつWrittenWritten/formal prose for the rank and file; 「兵隊」 is more colloquial and can also mean a small-time underling.
• Related士卒しそつWrittenWritten/formal and archaic, covering officers and soldiers; 「兵隊」 is common in speech, mostly for soldiers or the army.
• RelatedソルジャーNeutralA loanword for soldier, heard mostly in games and movies; in everyday speech say 「兵隊」.
• Antonym民間人みんかんじんNeutralA civilian, the opposite of 「兵隊」 as a person serving in the military.

Use 「兵隊」 for ordinary soldiers, an organized military unit, or figuratively a small-time underling. For the military as a whole say 「軍隊」; for a soldier in formal prose 「兵士」; for the status of military personnel 「軍人」; for civilians 「民間人」. The rest are written, archaic or special-purpose terms.

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1. 兵士へいしを部隊ぶたい別べつに組織そしき・編制へんせいした集団しゅうだん、軍隊ぐんたい。
2. 軍隊ぐんたいで下級かきゅうの軍人ぐんじん、兵士へいし。