Re: yet another nonsense about ranks

Luna (cmhung@insti.physics.sunysb.edu)
Mon, 21 Oct 1996 13:59:10 -0400

On Oct 21, 12:57pm, David Salle wrote:
>
> Japanese
> Translation # stars Insignia in series
>
> (Imperial)
>
> Gensui (Reuentale in the 3rd season) Grand Admiral 5
> Cape and "I dunno how to call it" on the shoulders
>
> Jo-Kyu Taisho (Reuentale in the 2nd season) Admiral 4
> 3 stripeswith an over complicated collar (is it what it is
> called?)
>
> Taisho (Muller in the 2nd) Vice Admiral
> 3 3 stripes
> Chujo (Reuentale at the beginning) Rear Admiral 2
> 2 stripes on shoulder
> Shosho
> Commodore 1 1 stripe on shoulder
> Taisa (Sieg at the Beginning) Colonel?????
> 3 stripes but the uniform is different from above grades.
> Chusa (Poplan in the 3rd)
> Lt-Colonel???? 2 stripes
> Shosa (Greenhill at the end of the 2nd) Commandant????
> 1 stripe
> Tai (Greenhill beginning of the 2nd) Lieutenant????
> dunno in the empire
> Chui (Julian after he gets promoted) ?????????
> Shoi (Julian when he enters the army) ???????????

A quick look at the Japanese ranks in Satake-kun's page and a quick
check in my dictionary produced the following table, which I've put up
in my LoGH page: (http://looney.physics.sunysb.edu/~daffy/LoGH.html)

gensui Fleet Admiral
joukyuu taishou Senior Admiral
taishou Admiral
chuujou Vice Admiral
shoushou Rear Admiral
junshou Commodore
taisa Captain
chuusa Commander
shousa Lieutenent Commander
taii Lieutenent
chuui Lieutenent Junior Grade
shoui Ensign

Notice that "tai" means "big", "chuu" means "medium", and "shou" means
"little".

> By the way, does anybody know what do you call a JunSho (Yang at the
> Beginning)?

Commodore, according to above.

Ming.

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