ぐん
Meanings
Noun
1. army; armed forces; troops
2. military authorities
3. team; group; troupe
Kanji used
army
Pitch accent
Top 3100
Used in vocabulary (189 in total)
general; shogun
military personnel; soldier
military forces; hosts; troops
armed forces; military; troops
army corps; corps
military affairs
strategist; tactician; schemer
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
march; marching
for military use
warship; battleship
military authorities; army circles
US armed forces
military of the Empire of Japan
military of the Empire of Japan
war council
military force; military strength
both armies; both teams; both sides
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
one's own army; one's own team
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
god of war; (fig.) war hero
god of war; (fig.) war hero
national defence forces; national security forces
government forces; loyalist army
revolutionary army
Crusades; Crusaders
expeditionary force
military physician or surgeon
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
civilian in military employ
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
U.S. forces; American military
UN forces; UN troops
cotton gloves; working gloves
soldier's equipment
government forces; government troops
defence forces; defence corps
second string players
military science; strategy; tactics
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
military sword; saber; sabre
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
naval port; naval station
occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
military clique or party
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
lieutenant general; vice-shogun
great army; mighty host; whole army
whole army; entire army
strategy; tactics
military headquarters
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
military command
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
military cap
military secret; classified military material; military aircraft
occupation forces; occupation army
meritorious war service
military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military
reduction of armaments; disarmament
military base
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
military or naval register; muster roll
expeditionary force
truce bearer
military discipline; military regulations; military rules
military service
military service
to move troops forward
martial law; articles of war; military disciple; military law
centrally placed troops (usu. under general's direct command)
war chronicle
camp gate; general
military or naval band
(one's) military service record
White Army (any of the armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution)
military clothes
military system; military organization; military organisation
combat commander
hosts; all the armies
munitions; military stores
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force
righteous army
war funds; war chest; campaign fund
war materiel; military expenses; war fund; campaign funds
military profession; military post
army commander
military accouterments; military accoutrements; troop formation
heavenly hosts
military district
garrison; occupation forces
military music
camp; battlefield
army; soldiers; war
former army; Imperial Japanese Army
reinforcements; relief column
Yuan-Dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military
military stores; munitions of war
the military and civilians
senior military official
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
military authorities
antimilitary
veteran; reservist; ex-soldier
elite force; elite troops
implements of war
returning victorious army
front-line troops
land, sea and air forces
US troops stationed in (South) Korean
military book; war history
soldier's socks
female-led army; all-female regiment; female group
military funeral
military road
Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
military branch
military government
military situation
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
Songun; military-first policy of North Korea
military honors; military honours
military offense; military offence
army (topographic) map
tank (military vehicle)
military broadcast
military bridge
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
Russian army
Chinese Communist Army
water bottle (of a monk, nun, etc.); flask; (arch.) vase
ever-victorious army
military band master
irregular forces; guerrillas
military authorities
tactical genius
Examples (15 in total)
He was drafted into the army.
He is commander of our troops.
The French were defeated at Waterloo.