(2軍) Pronounced “knee-goon.” Literally means “second army.” A term for the NPB farm league. Teams in this league share the names of their NPB affiliates (snooze). You might less often see the terms ichi-gun (1軍) (for the top-tier NPB team itself) and san-gun (3軍) (either for a bonus affiliated minor league team, which a couple NPB teams have currently, or as a term for the Japanese independent leagues).