Illustration: In a police station courtyard, officers wearing the same basic uniform stand in an orderly formation, their chest insignia differing in complexity. A senior officer with more elaborate insignia receives a precise salute from a junior officer and returns it calmly.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

位くらい

kurai

official rank

Example sentences

  1. 位くらいは元もとのままであった。

    Their court rank, however, remained unchanged.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 彼かれは陸軍大佐りくぐんたいさの位くらいを持もっている。

    He holds the rank of colonel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. どういうわけか、665年ねんに与あたえられた位くらいと同おなじである。

    For some reason, it was the same rank as the one conferred in 665.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 位

  • 位rank; gradeOnイKunくらい・ぐらい

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