Word Meaning 師団

しだん shidan

師団 is read as しだん (shidan) and means (army) division.

Meaning

English

  1. (army) division

Reading

Kana

しだん

Romaji

shidan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 11598 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

師団長

しだんちょう

division commander

国境なき医師団

こっきょうなきいしだん

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

医師団

いしだん

team of doctors

歩兵師団

ほへいしだん

infantry division

近衛師団

このえしだん

Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)

師資相承

ししそうしょう

generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple

集団

しゅうだん

group

公団

こうだん

public corporation

布団

ふとん

round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

座布団

ざぶとん

zabuton

球団

きゅうだん

baseball team

暴力団

ぼうりょくだん

bōryokudan

Example Sentences

2

Your division was highly praised for fighting well in the midst of a hopeless conflict.

Bernard Kouchner, who established Medecins Sans Frontieres, did not oppose the Iraq war.