軍勢(ぐんぜい)

ぐんぜい
noun
troops; army; military force
formalmilitaryhistory
1. troops; army; military force
An army or body of troops, especially as a force on the move or in battle. Mostly used of historical warfare.
大(だい)軍勢(ぐんぜい)が攻(せ)めてきた。
A huge army came attacking.
敵(てき)の軍勢(ぐんぜい)は三万(さんまん)に及(およ)んだ。
The enemy forces numbered as many as thirty thousand.
信長(のぶなが)は少(すく)ない軍勢(ぐんぜい)で今川(いまがわ)の大軍(たいぐん)を破(やぶ)った。
Nobunaga defeated the large Imagawa army with a small force.

Usage

A word of historical writing, period dramas, and battle games. A modern army as an organization is a 軍隊(ぐんたい), and a unit is a 部隊(ぶたい).

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Compare: 軍隊(ぐんたい) (an army as an institution)
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