What is the meaning of 歩兵?

an infantryman, foot soldier

the soldier who organised the infantry under the Tokugawa shōgunate

the infantry of the Imperial Japanese Army

Synonym of (fu) or (ho): a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called in most literature as the equivalent of the “pawn” in Western chess

Synonym of (fu): a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called in most literature as the equivalent of the “pawn” in Western chess

Synonym of 歩兵 (hohei, infantryman, foot soldier)

Source: wiktionary.org