"中佐" meaning in Japanese

See 中佐 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕɨːsa̠] Forms: 中佐 [canonical] (ruby: 中(ちゅう), 佐(さ)), chūsa [romanization]
Etymology: 中 (“mid-”) + 佐 (“to assist; assistant”), perhaps modeled after 中将 (chūjō, “senior deputy of the 近衛府 (Konoefu, “Bodyguard”); lieutenant general; vice admiral”). See 佐官 (sakan, “field officer”) for more. Etymology templates: {{pre|ja|中|佐|sort=ちゅうさ|t1=mid-|t2=to assist; assistant}} 中 (“mid-”) + 佐 (“to assist; assistant”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ちゅうさ}} 中(ちゅう)佐(さ) • (chūsa)
  1. (military) a lieutenant colonel
    Sense id: en-中佐-ja-noun-EpqxJQuZ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Military ranks Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (military) a commander (naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain)
    Sense id: en-中佐-ja-noun-hBaoIljy Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Military ranks Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (military) a wing commander
    Sense id: en-中佐-ja-noun-XLC2N6Yg Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Military ranks, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 中, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 18 22 60 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 24 24 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 22 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 中: 25 19 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 25 18 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 25 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 23 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 22 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 22 61 Topics: government, military, politics, war
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 中佐 meaning in Japanese (3.6kB)

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