Military Rank Equivalence

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🇯🇵 Japan · Army	NATO equivalent	North Korea · Army 🇰🇵
Officers
No equivalent	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	대원수 Tae wonsu 공화국원수 Konghwaguk Wonsu 인민군원수 Inmingun-wonsu 차수 Chasu
幕僚長たる陸将 Bakuryōchō-taru-rikushō	OF-9 General	대장 Daejang
陸将 Rikushō	OF-8 Lieutenant General	상장 Sangjang
陸将補 Rikushō-ho	OF-7 Major General	중장 Chungjang
No equivalent	OF-6 Brigadier General	소장 Sojang
1等陸佐 Ittō rikusa	OF-5 Colonel	대좌 Daechwa 상좌 Sangjwa
2等陸佐 Nitō rikusa	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	중좌 Chungjwa
3等陸佐 Santō rikusa	OF-3 Major / Commandant	소좌 Sojwa
1等陸尉 Ittō rikui	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	대위 Taewi
2等陸尉 Nitō rikui 3等陸尉 Santō rikui 准陸尉 Jun rikui	OF-1 Lieutenant	상위 Sangwi 중위 Chungwi 소위 Sowi
Enlisted ranks
陸曹長 Rikusōchō	OR-9 Sergeant Major	No equivalent
1等陸曹 Ittō rikusō	OR-8 1st Sergeant	특무상사 T'ŭkmu-sangsa
2等陸曹 Nitō rikusō	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	상사 Sangsa
3等陸曹 Santō rikusō	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	중사 Chungsa
No equivalent	OR-5 Sergeant	하사 Hasa
No equivalent	OR-4 Corporal	상급병사 Sanggŭp-pyŏngsa
陸士長 Rikushichō	OR-3 Private 1st Class	중급병사 Chungŭp-pyŏngsa
1等陸士 Ittō rikushi	OR-2 Private	하급병사 Hagŭp-pyŏngsa
2等陸士 Nitō rikushi	OR-1 Private	전사 Chŏnsa

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.