"Left"-Originated from China's ancient official position "Zuo Ling".
Left' is the direct reading of Japanese in China. Only our country calls it that.
Japan's hierarchy
1945 before the end of world war ii, the ranks of old Japan were divided into six grades: general officer, assistant officer, junior officer, quasi-noncommissioned officer, junior noncommissioned officer, peace soldier and planning officer. The so-called non-commissioned officer is a warrant officer, and the next non-commissioned officer is a non-commissioned officer. In Japanese, the order of sixteen ranks is: general, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant general, lieutenant general, lieutenant general, second lieutenant, sergeant (warrant officer), Cao Chang (sergeant), sergeant major (corporal), first-class soldier, first-class soldier and second-class soldier. The ranks of the Japanese navy are divided into general officers, senior officers (with army officers), non-commissioned officers (with junior army officers), quasi-commissioned officers (warrant officers), corporal (non-commissioned officers) and soldiers, with a total of six grades and eighteen grades. The ranks above non-commissioned officers are the same as those of the army, and the ranks of soldiers are two levels higher than those of the army, and they are divided into first, second, third, fourth and fifth sailors.
After World War II, Japan began to rebuild its army from 1950, and by 1954, it had built an army, a navy and an air force, which were called land self-defense forces, maritime self-defense forces and air self-defense forces respectively. Ranks are divided into cadres and Cao Shi. Its cadres are still generals, assistants, captains, third-class and ninth-class, but their titles are different from those of the old Japanese army. Officials are divided into general I, general II and general assistant, which are equivalent to upper, middle and major general respectively. Assistant officers are called First Assistant (Colonel), Second Assistant (Lieutenant Colonel) and Third Assistant (Major); Junior officers are called captains, second lieutenants and third lieutenants. Cao Shi is called a Cao (Staff Sergeant), a Cao (Sergeant), a Cao (Corporal), a Sergeant (First Class), a Sergeant (First Class), a Sergeant (Second Class) and a Sergeant (Third Class). 1970 increase warrant officer, 1980 increase Cao Chang (that is, master sergeant). At present, the ranks of Japanese officers and men are sixth and eighteenth.
Comparison table of Japanese and Chinese names of new and old Japanese ranks
Chinese Translation of Old Japanese Self-Defense Forces after World War II
The general is going to be a general.
Lieutenant general, lieutenant general
The major general will form a major general.
Colonel Sasuke Yisan
Lieutenant Colonel Nakazo Elza
Major Sasaki
Captain, captain
Captain, second lieutenant, lieutenant
Lieutenant, lieutenant.
Sergeant, warrant officer, warrant officer
Director Cao Chang
Sergeant Cao Changcao
Sergeant Cao Ercao
Corporal Wu Chang San Cao
Private first class is superior to private first class.
Private first class, private first class.
Personal. Personal.
Private, private.