へいたい
Meanings
Noun
1. armed forces; military; troops
2. (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier
3. underling; ordinary employee; grunt
Pitch accent
へ
いたい
Composed of
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)
Examples (4 in total)
The soldiers were guarding the bridge.
The city was soon occupied by the soldiers.
Without water, the soldiers would have died.