英和和英

読み方 へい

名詞

1

（＝兵士、兵卒）a soldier; a private; （an officer and his） men

用例

• 一隊の兵を率いて
  at the head of a body of men

• 兵はバタバタ倒れた
  The men were dropping on every side.
• 兵は国家の干城なり
  The soldiers are the defenders of the State.
• 上等兵
  a first-class private

2

（＝軍勢、軍隊）an army; troops

用例

• 兵を挙げる
  to raise an army―raise a war

• 兵を募る
  to levy an army―levy troops
• 兵を出す、兵を送る
  to sent troops
• 兵を向ける
  to send an army against the enemy
• 兵を率いる
  to command an army―lead an army
• 兵を率いて
  in command of an army―at the head of an army
• 兵を用いる
  to handle troops―manipulate troops
• 兵を引上げる
  to withdraw troops―draw off
• 兵を伏せる
  to ambuscade troops―lay an ambuscade
• 兵を解く
  to disband troops
• 敗残の兵を収める
  to rally scattered troops
• 兵は国家の干城なり
  The army is the bulwark of the State.

3

（＝戦争）war; warfare

用例

• 兵は凶争なり、兵は凶器なり
  War is an evil
  War is a curse.

• 兵は迅速を尚ぶ
  “Celerity is the soul of warfare.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 兵は詐りをいとわず
  “All is fair in love and war.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 敗軍の将は兵を談ぜず
  A defeated general should not talk of war.

読み方 つわもの

名詞

A soldier; a warrior

• 古兵
  a veteran