Meanings
proper noun
- abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Imperial Japanese Army, the army of Imperial Japan, predecessor of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, usually in reference to WWII.
The Japanese, with their respect for hierarchy, while compelling all the lower ranks to work, made no such demands on the officers, who stayed in [the POW] camp and, bizarrely, were paid by the IJA a minuscule salary.
2013, Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Chatto & Windus (2014), page 239
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APA
IJA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IJA
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“IJA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IJA. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “IJA,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/IJA.
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