中尉

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 中尉 is read as ちゅうい and is a military-rank noun that can identify a person as the subject or modify another noun in 中尉の名前.
• Basic usage: It refers to an officer delivering orders or to the rank recorded for someone on an old roster.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Rank and person
  • 中尉 is a rank, but context can use it to refer to the person holding that rank, as in 当時の中尉.
• English equivalent
  • The recorded rank equivalent is first lieutenant, not a generic description of any middle-ranking officer.