将校|しょうこうshoukou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nouncommissioned officer; military officer
   その将校しょうこうは彼かれらの復讐ふくしゅうを恐おそれているようだった。↗

   The officer seemed to be afraid of their revenge.

• Synonym士官しかんNeutralCovers general, field and company-grade officers, ranked above NCOs; also a ship's senior crew. 「将校」 means second lieutenant and up, with an old-army flavor.
• RelatedオフィサーNeutralA neutral loanword for a military officer, but also for company executives and staff. 「将校」 is military only.
• Antonym下士官かしかんNeutralNeutral term for non-commissioned officers such as sergeants and corporals; a rank below 「将校」.
• Antonym兵卒へいそつWrittenWritten, formal term for the lowest-ranking soldiers; the counterpart of officers like 「将校」.

Use 「将校」 for officers from second lieutenant up; it can describe both historical and modern armies. For officers in general, or a ship's senior officers, use 「士官」; for company executives, 「オフィサー」. 「下士官」 and 「兵卒」 are the ranks below.

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1. 軍隊ぐんたいで少尉しょうい以上いじょうの階級かいきゅうで兵科へいかに属ぞくしている武官ぶかんのこと。