部隊|ぶたいbutai[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounforce; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
   その大尉たいいはうまく部隊ぶたいを指揮しきしている。↗

   That captain handles his troops well.

• Synonym軍勢ぐんぜいWrittenWritten register: a force's strength or numbers of soldiers, with a historical tinge; 「部隊」 is a modern military unit in an organization.
• Synonym軍兵ぐんぴょうWrittenWritten register: armed combat troops, the fighting men themselves; 「部隊」 is an organizational unit of the military.
• Synonym軍ぐんWrittenAnother written form of 「戦」 above, meaning an army or battle; identical in sense, only the written form differs.
• Synonym軍事部隊NeutralNeutral: an explanatory way to say 'military unit'; in everyday speech people simply say 「部隊」.
• Related兵へいWrittenWritten register: war or battle, and by extension troops; in modern use it carries a literary or historical flavor, while 「部隊」 is a concrete unit.
• Related兵馬へいばWrittenWritten register: soldiers and warhorses, or war by extension; 「部隊」 is an organizational unit.
• Related隊たいNeutralNeutral: a group or team, mostly used as a suffix, as in 「救助隊」; 「部隊」 centers on a military unit, extended to groups with a shared aim.

Use 「部隊」 for a military unit, past or present, and for any group with a shared aim, as in 「自衛隊の部隊」 or 「応援部隊」. Suffix teams take 「隊」; forces or troop numbers take 「軍勢」; 「戦」 and 「兵馬」 add a literary, historical air.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 軍ぐんの一いち組織そしき。
2. 共通きょうつうの目的もくてきを持もつ集団しゅうだん。