軍隊の派遣
guntai no haken
Military deployment in Japanese is 軍隊の派遣 (guntai no haken).
This phrase refers to the act of sending military forces to a specific location for a mission or operation.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of guntai (military/army), the possessive particle no (of) and haken (dispatch/sending).
Which one should you use?
Replacing 'guntai' (military/army) with 部隊の派遣 (butai no haken) is a common way to refer specifically to the deployment of a specific military unit.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase functions as a noun phrase and can be used as the subject or object of a sentence.
How do you pronounce it?
guntai no haken
Did you know?
- The word haken is more commonly heard today in the context of 'temporary agency workers' 派遣社員 (haken shain) than in military contexts. This makes the term feel more like a professional assignment than a combat deployment to modern Japanese ears.
- The character 派 in haken literally means 'faction' or 'school of thought'. This suggests that 'dispatching' is conceptually linked to sending a specific branch or group to a location.
- When describing the physical movement of troops spreading out to cover an area, the word 展開 (tenkai) is used, which is more commonly understood by English speakers as 'development' or 'expansion'.
Examples in context
- 軍隊の派遣が決定した。Guntai no haken ga kettei shita.The military deployment has been decided.
- 軍隊の派遣には多額の費用がかかる。Guntai no haken ni wa tagaku no hiyou ga kakaru.Military deployment costs a large amount of money.
- 現地への軍隊の派遣を検討している。Genchi e no guntai no haken o kentou shite iru.We are considering a military deployment to the area.
Example conversation
Misaki and Hiroto are discussing current events news.
- 美咲 Misakiニュースで軍隊の派遣について話していたよ。Nyūsu de guntai no haken ni tsuite hanashite ita yo.The news was talking about military deployment.
- 大翔 Hirotoえっ、本当に派遣されるのかな？E, hontō ni haken sareru no kana?What, are they really going to be deployed?
- 美咲 Misakiまだ検討中みたいだけど、心配だね。Mada kentō-chū mitai dakedo, shinpai da ne.It seems they are still considering it, but it's worrying.
- 大翔 Hiroto平和的に解決してほしいな。Heiwateki ni kaiketsu shite hoshii na.I hope it gets resolved peacefully.
