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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:

  1. Imperial Japanese Naval Aviator 1937-45, 1988, Osumu Tagaya
  2. World War II Japanese Tank Tactics, Gordon L. Rottman, Akira Takizawa, Peter Dennis, 2008
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