補佐

ほさ

aid, help, assistance, assistant, counselor, counsellor, adviser, advisor

補佐官

ほさかん

aide

補佐的

ほさてき

supportive (role), assistant, assisting

補佐人

ほさにん

assistant, aide, curator

管理補佐

かんりほさ

administrative assistant

首席補佐官

しゅせきほさかん

chief of staff (esp. of US president)

大統領補佐官

だいとうりょうほさかん

presidential aide

大統領首席補佐官

だいとうりょうしゅせきほさかん

chief of staff (of US president)

役

やく えき

war, campaign, battle

空佐

くうさ そらさ

(Self Defense Force's Air Force) colonel (defence), lieutenant, major

中佐

ちゅうさ

lieutenant colonel, commander (navy)

佐賀

Saga (city, prefecture)

土佐

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

海佐

higher-grade officer rank (JMSDF)

大佐

たいさ

colonel, (navy) captain

少佐

しょうさ

major, lieutenant commander, wing commander

佐官

さかん

field officer

一佐

いっさ いちさ

colonel (JSDF)

佐渡

Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture)