Word Meaning 退役軍人

たいえきぐんじん taiekigunjin

退役軍人 is read as たいえきぐんじん (taiekigunjin) and means ex-serviceman.

Meaning

English

  1. ex-serviceman
  2. veteran

Reading

Kana

たいえきぐんじん

Romaji

taiekigunjin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 42419 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

軍人

ぐんじん

military personnel

職業軍人

しょくぎょうぐんじん

career soldier

退役

たいえき

retiring from military service

役人

やくにん

government official

在郷軍人

ざいごうぐんじん

reservist

木端役人

こっぱやくにん

petty official

小役人

こやくにん

petty official

町役人

まちやくにん

Edo-period official of the chōnin social class

人民軍

じんみんぐん

People's Army

新人民軍

しんじんみんぐん

New People's Army (NPA) (Filipino paramilitary group)

軍人生活

ぐんじんせいかつ

military life

人民解放軍

じんみんかいほうぐん

People's Liberation Army

Example Sentences

2

My uncle is a veteran of the Vietnam War.

Suffering from terminal cancer, he was thrown out of a certain veteran hospital in New York three times because he adamantly rejected blood transfusions.