Practice JLPTMeaning
尉 (じょう, jou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “jailer, old man, rank, company officer”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 7
大尉は 軍曹よりも 階級が 上だ。
A captain is above a sergeant.
この彷徨で興津大尉以下約30名が凍死。
That caused 30 people to be frozen to death including Captain Okitsu.
その 大尉はうまく 部隊を 指揮している。
That captain handles his troops well.
大尉の馬はゆるい駆け足で遠ざかっていき、彼はふたたび、自己を行軍の放心のなかへ沈ませていった。
the Captain cantered away, and he himself could relapse into vacancy.
しかし大尉の馬が駆け足をゆるめ、こちらへ向かう険しい小道にさしかかったのを見ると、すさまじい閃光が従卒の身体と魂の上を爆ぜた。
But as the horse slowed to a walk, coming up the last steep path, the great flash flared over the body and soul of the orderly.
彼は敵情を偵察した. He spied on the enemy.偵察隊との交信が途絶した. We lost contact with the patrol.この日、大迫尚敏大尉率いる偵察隊は坪井方面の威力偵察に出撃した。
On this day, the reconnaissance party led by Captain Naoharu OOSAKO set out to scout the Satsuma army's military capability in the Tsuboi area.（
九卿に入る職として礼儀祭祀を担う太常、宮中警備を担う光禄勲、宮門警備を担う衛尉、車馬の管理を担う太僕、司法を担う廷尉、来朝者の応対・接遇を担う大鴻臚、皇族の処遇を担う宗正、国家財政を担う大司農、宮中財政を担う少府などがある。
As posts included in Kyukei, Taijo in charge of courtesy and religious service, Korokukun in charge of security of the Imperial Court, Eii in charge of security of the Imperial Palace's gates, Taiboku in charge of vehicles and horses, Teii in charge of justice, Daikoro in charge of serving and treating visitors to the Dynasty, Sosei in charge of treatment of the Imperial family, Daishino in charge of state finance, and Shofu in charge of the Imperial Court's finance existed.