予備軍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
予	備	軍
よ Grade: 3	び Grade: 5	ぐん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
豫備軍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 予備(よび) (yobi) + 軍(ぐん) (gun).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よびぐん [yòbíꜜgùǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞bʲiɡɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

予(よ)備(び)軍(ぐん) • (yobigun) ^{←よびぐん (yobigun)^?}

(military) reserve troops
(informal) person who will be a certain person in the future
ニート予備軍(よびぐん)
nīto yobigun
future NEET

認知症(にんちしょう)の予備軍(よびぐん)
ninchishō no yobigun
precursor to dementia

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN