On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Chris Willmore wrote:

At 12:17 PM 10/28/96 -0800, you wrote:

"Senshi" translates as "soldier" right? If it doesn't, what does it
translate as, and what is "soldier" in Japanese? 

Your bang on with that transalation. Senshi does translate into Soldier, 
with the biggest example being Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon -Pretty 
Soldier Sailor Moon.

Anou... My Japanese Dictionary gives the following definition for senshi:

senshi: death in military action; death on the battlefield

and translates soldier thusly:

soldier: heitai

[It's the Living Language Japanese Dictionary, 3rd edition]

Could someone clear this up? 
Thanks!

Not using the right kanji here, I believe.  The "senshi" you are 
referring to uses the "shi" that means "death" (with "sen" meaning 
"war"); I won't try to ascii that, sorry.  The "senshi" in Sailor Moon 
does, in fact, mean warrior; its second character I can take a stab at:


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Okay, so I'm no Phil Yff :)

It's in my dictionary, so I would assume your dictionary has omitted this 
particular word.  "heitai" also means soldier, but it tends to imply a 
soldier in the armed forces; senshi has a more general, individual meaning.

mata ne,
bengman