![]() ![]() I learned my first two Japanese military ranks while watching the Japanese-dubbed Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as a kid: 軍曹 gunsou 'sergeant' and 中尉 chuui '1st lieutenant'. In Japanese (and Chinese and Korean, I believe), they come in groups of three, each coming in small, middle, and large size: In English, several of the names for the officer ranks come in pairs: 1st and 2nd lieutenant, lieutenant and lieutenant junior grade, colonel and lieutenant colonel, commander and lieutenant commander, and (my favorite) rear admiral upper half and rear admiral lower half. ![]()
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