中ちゅう央おう政せい府ふ

ちゅ

う

お

う

せ

い

ふ

Meanings

1

noun

central government

Refers to the national government as opposed to local or prefectural governments. Common in political and administrative contexts.

中ちゅう央おう政せい府ふは新あたらしい経けい済ざい政せい策さくを発はっ表ぴょうした。

The central government announced a new economic policy.

地ち方ほう自じ治ち体たいは中ちゅう央おう政せい府ふからの補ほ助じょ金きんに頼たよっている。

Local governments rely on subsidies from the central government.

Kanji

中in, inside, middle
央center, middle
政politics, government
府borough, urban prefecture, govt office

Related words

地ち方ほう自じ治ち体たい
Refers to local government bodies, in contrast to the central government.
連れん邦ぽう政せい府ふ
Used for federal governments, whereas 中央政府 is more general and can apply to unitary states.

Opposites

地ち方ほう行ぎょう政せい
中央政府 refers to the national government, contrasting with 地方行政 which is administration at the local level.
地ち方ほう自じ治ち体たい
地方自治体 refers to local governments like cities and towns, while 中央政府 refers to the national government that oversees them.
州しゅう政せい府ふ
中央政府 refers broadly to a country's central or national government, in contrast to the more localized 州政府.

Built from

中ちゅう央おう+政せい府ふ

Etymology

Compound of 中央 (central) and 政府 (government). The term is a direct conceptual borrowing from Western political vocabulary, established in the Meiji period.