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文部科学省 (もんぶかがくしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

文もん部ぶ科か学がく省しょう

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Meanings

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noun

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT

Official name of the Japanese government ministry overseeing education, culture, sports, science, and technology.

文もん部ぶ科か学がく省しょうは新あたらしい学がく習しゅう指し導どう要よう領りょうを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced new curriculum guidelines.

Kanji

文sentence, literature, style

部section, bureau, dept

科department, course, section

学study, learning, science

省government ministry, conserve, omit

Etymology

Compound of 文部 (education) + 科学 (science) + 省 (ministry), formed in 2001 from the merger of the former Ministry of Education and the Science and Technology Agency.