側そっ近きん政せい治じ

noun

kitchen cabinet; government by close advisers

Refers to a style of governance where the leader relies heavily on a small group of close, often unofficial, advisers rather than formal cabinet members. The English term 'kitchen cabinet' is a direct equivalent.

• その大だい統とう領りょうは側そっ近きん政せい治じに頼たよりすぎていると批ひ判はんされた。

  The president was criticized for relying too much on a kitchen cabinet.

• 側そっ近きん政せい治じが続つづくと、政せい策さく決けっ定ていが不ふ透とう明めいになりがちだ。

  When government by close advisers continues, policy-making tends to become opaque.