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| Definition | |
|---|---|
| Bakugeki-ki1 | Bomber with dive bombing abilities1 |
| Chutai1 | Formation of nine aircraft (three shotai) up until 1944, then became 16 aircraft.1 |
| Daitai1 | Formation of 27 aircraft (three chutai)1 |
| Dokuritsu Keisokosha Chutai2 | Independent tank companies2 |
| Dokuritsu Sensha Chutai2 | Independent tank companies2 |
| Dokuritsu Sensha Ryodan2 | Independent tank brigades2 |
| Encho kyoiku1 | Imperial Japanese Navy term for advanced flight training.1 |
| Gekitsui-oh1 | "Shoot down king."1 Somewhat similar to the western "ace."1 |
| Hei-shu Hiko Yoka1 | C-class flight reserve trainee1 |
| Renshu Sei Hentai1 | "Formation."1 Used from 1944 for a formation of two Imperial Japanese Navy fighters.1 |
| Hiko Gakusei1 | Flight student.1 Navy academy graduate flight trainees.1 |
| Hiko Renshu Sei1 | Flight trainee.1 Non-commissioned and enlisted flight trainees.1 |
| Hiko Yoka Renshu Sei1 | Flight reserve trainee.1 |
| Hineri-komi1 | "Twisting in."1 Corkscrew loop maneuver developed by Imperial Japanese Navy pilots.1 |
| Hiren1 | Abbreviation for Hiko Renshu Sei.1 |
| Kanbaku1 | Abbreviation for Kanjo Bakugeki-ki.1 |
| Kanjo Bakugeki-ki1 | Shipboard bomber.1 |
| Kanjo Kogeki-ki1 | Shipboard torpedo bomber.1 |
| Kanjo Sento-ki1 | Shipboard fighter.1 |
| Kanjo Teisatsu-ki1 | Shipboard reconnaissance plane.1 |
| Kanko1 | Abbreviation for Kanjo Kogeki-ki.1 |
| Kansen1 | Abbreviation for Kanjo Sento-ki.1 |
| Kantei1 | Abbreviation for Kanjo Teisatsu-ki.1 |
| Kido Hohei Rentai2 | mobile artillery regiment, with towed guns2 |
| Kido Hohei Rentai2 | mobile infantry regiment, with Type I Ho-Ki and Type I Ho-Ha personnel carriers.2 |
| Kikan-ju1 | Machine gun.1 |
| Kikan-ho1 | Machine cannon.1 |
| Kogeki-ki1 | Aircraft that could torpedo bomb.1 |
| Koku Sentai1 | Vessels (at least two) that could carry aircraft.1 Often known as a "carrier division" when aircraft carriers were being described.1 |
| Kokutai1 | Operational unit for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.1 Excluded aircraft carriers.1 |
| Ko-shu Hiko Yoka1 | A-class flight reserve trainee.1 |
| Otsu-shu Hiko Yoka Renshu Sei1 | B-class flight reserve trainee.1 |
| Otsu-shu (Toku) Hiko1 | B-class (special) flight reserve trainee.1 |
| Renshu Sei Kutai1 | A four plane formation used by Imperial Japanese Navy fighters in the latter half of World War II.1 |
| Rikujo Kogeki-ki1 | Land based attack aircraft.1 |
| Sensha Daitai2 | tank battalion2 |
| Sensha Dan2 | tank groups2 |
| Sensha Rentai2 | tank regiment2 |
| Sensha Ryodan2 | tank brigades2 |
| Sensha Shiden2 | tank division2 |
| Sento Kodo Chosho1 | Combat log.1 Kept at the koutai level.1 |
| Sento Yoho1 | Detailed combat report.1 |
| Shotai1 | Formation of three aircraft.1 From 1944-1945 meant for a formation of eight aircraft (two kutai).1 |
| Soh-ju Renshu Sei1 | Pilot trainee.1 |
| Sohren1 | Abbreviation for Soh-ju Renshu Sei.1 |
| Yoka Renshu Sei Rikko1 | Abbreviation for Rikujo Kogeki-ki.1 |
| Yokaren1 | Abbreviation for Hiko Yoka Renshu Sei.1 |
Sources:
- Imperial Japanese Naval Aviator 1937-45, 1988, Osumu Tagaya
- World War II Japanese Tank Tactics, Gordon L. Rottman, Akira Takizawa, Peter Dennis, 2008
