軍隊

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 軍隊 is a noun read ぐんたい, meaning organized military forces.
• Basic usage: Use 軍隊を離れる for leaving the organization and 軍隊の装備 for equipment belonging to it.
  • この小説では軍隊を離れた兵士が旅に出る。 describes a soldier who leaves the army and begins a journey; 博物館で昔の軍隊の装備を見学した。 describes viewing equipment of a past military force at a museum.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 軍隊を離れる
  • を marks the organization the soldier leaves.
• 軍隊の装備
  • の links the equipment to the force it belonged to.
• 軍隊 and 海軍
  • 軍隊 broadly covers military forces, while 海軍 is the branch responsible for operations at sea.