Japanese Word Entry

一兵卒
Kana:いっぺいそつ
Romaji:ippeisotsu
Definitions:
  1. private, foot soldier, infantryman

  2. underling, low level worker, minor player


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Chinese characters used in this word

one, one radical (no.1), a, an, alone
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧ (yī)
Cantonese: jat1
Japanese: イチ (ichi)、 イツ (itsu) / ひと- (hito-)、 ひと.つ (hitotsu)、 ひとたび (hitotabi)、 はじめ (hajime)
Korean: 일 (il)
Vietnamese: nhất
Variants
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soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄧㄥ (bīng)
Cantonese: bing1
Japanese: ヘイ (hei)、 ヒョウ (hyou) / つわもの (tsuwamono)、 いくさ (ikusa)
Korean: 병 (byeong)
Vietnamese: binh

graduate, soldier, private, die, servant, at last, finally
Readings
Mandarin: ㄗㄨˊ (zú), ㄘㄨˋ (cù), ㄘㄨㄟˋ (cuì)
Cantonese: zeot1
Japanese: ソツ (sotsu)、 シュツ (shutsu) / そっ.する (sossuru)、 お.える (oeru)、 お.わる (owaru)、 ついに (tsuini)、 にわか (niwaka)
Korean: 졸 (jeol), 졸 (jol)
Vietnamese: tốt, tuất, thốt
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