官軍

Reading

Kana: かんぐん

Romaji: kangun

Definition

noun

1

government forces; loyalist army

Kanji

官

Reading: カン

Meanings: bureaucrat, the government, organ

軍

Readings: グン、 いくさ

Meanings: army, force, troops, war, battle

Example Sentences

勝(か)てば官軍(かんぐん)。

➥All is fair in love and war.

官軍(かんぐん)に入城(にゅうじょう)を許(ゆる)すとはどういう了見(りょうけん)だ。

➥What do you think you're doing letting the loyalists into the castle?

勝(か)てば官軍(かんぐん)負(ま)ければ賊軍(ぞくぐん)。

➥If you win, you are in the right, but if you lose, you are in the wrong.