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新官僚 (しんかんりょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

新しん官かん僚りょう

Meanings

1

noun

new bureaucrats

historical term

Historical term for right-wing, pro-military bureaucrats who rose to influence in the Home Ministry after the Manchurian Incident (1931).

新しん官かん僚りょうは満まん州しゅう事じ変へん後ごに内ない務む省しょうで台たい頭とうした。
The new bureaucrats gained prominence in the Home Ministry after the Manchurian Incident.

Kanji

新new
官bureaucrat, the government, organ
僚colleague, official, companion

Etymology

Compound of 新 (new) and 官僚 (bureaucrats). The term refers specifically to a historical faction in pre-war Japan.