自衛官

Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	衛	官
じ Grade: 2	えい Grade: 5	かん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
自衞官 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Of 自(じ)衛(えい) (jiei, “self-defense”) + 官(かん) (kan, “official”). Various offices (e.g. 陸上自衛官 rikujō jiekan “ground forces commander”, 海上自衛官 kaijō jiekan “naval forces commander”, 航空自衛官 kōkū jiekan “airforce commander”) defined in Japanese law from 1954.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑie̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

自(じ)衛(えい)官(かん) • (jieikan) 

1. an official in the Japan Self-Defense Forces
   • 2022 February 7, HBC News, “Dōryō ni taishi ‘izen kara fuman o motte ita’ to iu nijū-dai no jieikan no onna [The female officer in her twenties who told a colleague ‘I’ve been unsatisfied’]”, in Yahoo News‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 February 2022:

     去(きょ)年(ねん) ９(く)月(がつ)、同(どう)僚(りょう)の財(さい)布(ふ)から現(げん)金(きん) 5000(ごせん)円(えん)を盗(ぬす)んだとして、 20(にじゅう)代(だい)の自(じ)衛(えい)官(かん)の女(おんな)が停(てい)職(しょく) 30(さんじゅう)日(にち)の懲(ちょう)戒(かい)処(しょ)分(ぶん)を受(う)けました。

     Kyonen kugatsu, dōryō no saifu kara genkin gosen-en o nusunda to shite, nijū-dai no jieikan no onna ga teishoku sanjū-nichi no chōkai shobun o ukemashita.

     Last September, a female JSDF officer in her twenties who was disciplined for taking 5,000 yen from a colleague’s wallet was suspended for 30 days.

See also

• 自(じ)衛(えい)隊(たい) (jieitai, “Japan Self-Defense Forces”)
• 武(ぶ)官(かん) (bukan, “military officer”)