Etymology

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Today it means: A Japanese military unit, equivalent to a platoon, flight, or section. Full definition →

Japanese 小隊
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from小隊
  2. English todayshotai

From Japanese 小隊 (shōtai, literally “small team”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.