ぐん
Meanings
Noun
1. army; armed forces; troops
Most of the soldiers in the army are younger than me.
2. military authorities
You can't come in here without the military's permission.
3. team; group; troupe
Pitch accent
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Top 23500
Used in vocabulary (205 in total)
warship; battleship
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
armed forces; military; troops
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
army corps; corps
general; shogun
righteous army
military affairs
camp gate; general
chaplain
enemy army
military force; military strength
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
an army; the whole army; the entire force; first team; first-string players; the cool kids
military of the Empire of Japan
corps commander
second team; reserve team; farm team; second-string players
military clique; military party
truce bearer
opposing militarism; anti-military sentiment; anti-war stance; rebel army; mutinous troops; insurgents
strategist; tactician; schemer
large army
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
march; marching
sergeant
for military use
military authorities; army circles
army of demons; demonic horde; obstacles to Buddhist practice; forces that hinder spiritual enlightenment
US armed forces
war council
allied armies
regular army
punitive force
military of the Empire of Japan
both armies; both teams; both sides
space force
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun (one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar)
air force
one's own army; one's own team
god of war; war hero (who died in battle)
god of war; war hero (who died in battle)
expeditionary force
national defence forces; national security forces
Crusades; Crusaders
revolutionary army
military doctor; army surgeon
government forces; loyalist army
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
warship
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
civilian in military employ
volunteer army
US military; United States Armed Forces
cotton gloves; working gloves
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
UN forces; UN troops
military sword; saber; sabre
Soviet army
soldier's equipment; war outfit; war fatigues; (wearing) soldier's fatigues
government forces; government troops
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
defence forces; defence corps
(Imperial) Japanese Navy
naval port; naval station
military science; strategy; tactics
military police
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
Imperial Guards (Tang dynasty)
great army; mighty host; whole army
lieutenant general; vice-shogun
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
whole army; entire army
strategy; tactics
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (at the Battle of Sekigahara)
soldiers
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (at the Battle of Sekigahara)
military secret; classified military material; military aircraft
military cap
occupation forces; occupation army
rear guard
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
rebel army
military headquarters
military command
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
meritorious war service
army commander
reduction of armaments; disarmament
military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military
army and navy
military school; military academy
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
military register; muster roll
stationed troops
expeditionary force
to move troops forward
military base
military service
military service
standing army
many armies; many troops; vast army; hosts; host of heaven
martial law; articles of war; military disciple; military law
centrally placed troops (usu. under general's direct command)
war chronicle
(one's) military service record
garrison; occupation forces
invading army
military or naval band
military system; military organization; military organisation
multinational force
military clothes
White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)
People's Liberation Army; PLA
munitions; military stores; war supplies
US Forces, Japan; USFJ
Salvation Army
war funds; war chest; campaign fund
heavenly hosts
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force
combined armies
People's Army
camp; battlefield
national army
army commander
military district
army; soldiers; war
senior military official
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
military stores; munitions of war
reinforcements; relief column
military music
the military and civilians
peace-keeping force
Yuan dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military
military-industrial complex
soldier
elite force; elite troops
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
military profession; military post
naval battle; (arch.) navy
attacking force
combat commander
veteran; reservist; ex-soldier
military authorities
implements of war
front-line troops
returning victorious army
war story
army, navy and air force; land, sea and air forces
US troops stationed in South Korea
army purge
war materiel; military expenses; war fund; campaign funds
expedition
soldier's socks
military book; war history
military road
invading army
women's team
communist army
female-led army; all-female regiment; female group
People's Liberation Army (China); PLA
army in the field
military funeral
Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
military branch
military criminal law
military medical college
military government
military situation
army (topographic) map
military honors; military honours
United Nations Forces
General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (1945-1952); GHQ
Songun; military-first policy of North Korea
New People's Army (NPA) (Filipino paramilitary group)
military offense; military offence
tank (military vehicle)
military broadcast
military-industrial complex
military bridge
military band master
military authorities
ever-victorious army
Chinese Communist Army
irregular forces; guerrillas
UN observer force
water bottle (of a monk, nun, etc.); flask; (arch.) vase
Imo Incident (riot in Seoul, Korea; July 23, 1882)
army soldier
area army (of the Imperial Japanese Army); field army
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon; UNIFIL
United Nations Emergency Force
imperial army
tactical genius
Examples (37 in total)
You don't have a military rank, do you?
He was drafted into the army.
The enemy army laid siege to the castle.