Keyword
army
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig323
Readings
ぐん
(99%)
Composed of
roof without a chimney
vehicle
Mnemonic

Pictograph of a vehicle with an extra armored roof, just like the ones they have in the army.

Used in kanji (11 in total)
carry
shine
to wield (physically)
gushing
Used in vocabulary (480 in total)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
armed forces; military; troops
general; shogun
military personnel; soldier
military forces; hosts; troops
army corps; corps
reinforcement
military affairs
military uniform
march; advance
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
march; marching
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
strategist; tactician; schemer
for military use
warship; battleship
military authorities; army circles
military force; military strength
both armies; both teams; both sides
national armed forces
military affairs; military service
US armed forces
one's own army; one's own team
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
war council
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
armaments; military preparations
U.S. forces; American military
military of the Empire of Japan
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
warhorse; army horse
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
god of war; (fig.) war hero
military physician or surgeon
government forces; loyalist army
civilian in military employ
cotton gloves; working gloves
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
battle flag; standard; (regimental) colours; colors; ensign
Crusades; Crusaders
military shoes; combat boots
expeditionary force
revolutionary army
(wind or human-powered) warship
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
soldier's equipment
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
munitions; military stores
military installations
second string players
strategy; tactics
government forces; government troops
defence forces; defence corps
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
military clique or party
great army; mighty host; whole army
naval port; naval station
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
national defence forces; national security forces
armed forces; battle troops
military sword; saber; sabre
imperial soldier; soldier in an imperial army
whole army; entire army
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
UN forces; UN troops
military science; strategy; tactics
military headquarters
military secret; classified military material; military aircraft
lieutenant general; vice-shogun
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
occupation forces; occupation army
meritorious war service
military cap
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
military aircraft
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
military command
war funds; war expenditures; military spending
military operation; military tactics; military strategy
reserve corps; flying squadron
military or naval register; muster roll
reduction of armaments; disarmament
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military
Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
to move troops forward
military law; martial law; tactics; strategy
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
military exercise; drill
military service
nation at war; militant nation
military; strategic
military base
martial law; articles of war; military disciple; military law
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
expeditionary force
the shogunate army
truce bearer
military style; army style
war funds; war expenditures
Naval General Staff
military aspect
munitions industry; war industry
camp gate; general
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
military or naval band
war chronicle
United States Army; U.S. Army
game fowl; gamecock
centrally placed troops (usu. under general's direct command)
military system; military organization; military organisation
munitions; military stores
hosts; all the armies
(one's) military service record
northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)
Department of the Navy
(Japanese) Imperial Army
Army Minister; Minister of War
US military aircraft
military adviser; military advisor
expansion of armaments
arms buildup; military expansion
armed intervention; military intervention
diversion to military use
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force
military clash; military conflict; military confrontation
war funds; war chest; campaign fund
military clothes
military police
army commander
White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)
camp; battlefield
military science; military studies
military accouterments; military accoutrements; troop formation
garrison; occupation forces
army; soldiers; war
military scrip
military district
army hospital; military hospital
defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry
righteous army
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
military camp
military attack; military strike
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
military stores; munitions of war
to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner); to declare someone the winner (of a competition)
military music
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
heavenly hosts
nuclear disarmament
(having experienced) many battles
battleship sushi; gunkan maki; sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping
the military and civilians
combat commander
lion-hearted general
senior military official
of military bearing
rebel army; mutinous troops
reinforcements; relief column
Yuan-Dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military
military authorities
military profession; military post
war fan; commander's war fan
antimilitary
wounded soldier; disabled veteran
elite force; elite troops
naval arsenal; naval shipyard
veteran; reservist; ex-soldier
implements of war
land, sea and air forces
women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (lit.) (campaign) comfort women
front-line troops
Eighth Route Army; 18th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China
arms race; armaments race
war materiel; military expenses; war fund; campaign funds
reduction of armaments; disarmament
returning victorious army
military porter
army ant; driver ant
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
military book; war history
military government
US troops stationed in (South) Korean
Kundali (tantric Buddhist deity)
military assistance advisory group
cavalry; cavalry battle
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; umpire's fan; fan-shaped emblem
militarization; militarisation
founding of an army (navy, air force)
military funeral
military transport aircraft; military cargo aircraft
naval brigade; naval land forces
naval battle; (arch.) navy
military superiority; military supremacy
soldier's socks
female-led army; all-female regiment; female group
power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; (lit.) shadow shogun
military dictatorship
military road
Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
military road
Coalition Red Army (defunct Japanese armed militant group)
Japanese Red Army; JRA
military branch
military medical college
military government
surgeon major general
might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong
military scholar; military writer
International Military Tribunal for the Far East; IMTFE; Tokyo Trials
limitation of armaments
expansion of armaments
militarization; militarisation
battleship sushi; gunkan maki; sushi made by wrapping a strip of nori around a rice ball with a topping
commander (during the Sengoku period); military leader; general; admiral; military strategist
carrier pigeon; war pigeon
battlefield; battleground
military spending; military expenditure
frigate (bird) (Fregata spp.)
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
military aggression; military invasion
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; (lit.) a defeated general should not talk of strategy
Tripartite Pact (between Japan, Germany and Italy in WWII)
military honors; military honours
Arduous March; North Korean famine of the late 1990s
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; umpire's fan; fan-shaped emblem
industrial reserve force; the ranks of the unemployed
Songun; military-first policy of North Korea
National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors (1882)
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
military situation
military offense; military offence
army (topographic) map
White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)
military broadcast
military bandsman
Russian army
to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan
military bridge
tank (military vehicle)
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
an army marches on its stomach; (lit.) you can't fight on an empty stomach
beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)
great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
military band master
military authorities
man versed in military affairs
ever-victorious army
Chinese Communist Army
irregular forces; guerrillas
expeditionary army
military confrontation
military mobilization; military mobilisation
military deployment
confirmation of the referee's decision of the bout outcome
lack of (slackness in) military discipline; demoralization
disclosure (leakage, betrayal) of military secrets
disclosure (leakage, betrayal) of military secrets
March on Rome (1922)
disarmament conference; disarmament talks; arms reduction talks
water bottle (of a monk, nun, etc.); flask; (arch.) vase
Special Measures Law for USFJ Land Release (1952); Special Measures Law for US Military Bases (in Okinawa)
National Military Establishment (forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense; 1947-1949)
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II
military expedition deep into enemy territory
military expedition deep into enemy territory
tactical genius
great war; great battle
Nian Rebellion (China, 1851-1868)
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier; infantry battle; battle between infantry
Gunpo City
lace bug (any insect of family Tingidae)
Examples (93 in total)
Our army attacked the kingdom.
The general commanded that the city be attacked.
The defeated army retreated from the country.