Usage patterns 内ない 閣かく が 発ほっ 足そく する a cabinet is formed/inaugurated
The new cabinet is scheduled to be formed next month.
内ない 閣かく が 総そう 辞じ 職しょく する the cabinet resigns en masse
The cabinet resigned en masse to take responsibility for the scandal.
内ない 閣かく の 支し 持じ 率りつ the cabinet's approval rating
The cabinet's approval rating dropped sharply.
内ない 閣かく を 組そ 織しき する to form/organize a cabinet
The prime minister organized a cabinet from members of the major parties.
Expressions 次つぎ の 内ない 閣かく shadow cabinet; opposition party executive Kanji 閣 tower, tall building, palace Related words 政府 broadly means 'the government' as a whole, while 内閣 refers specifically to the cabinet of ministers led by the prime minister.
政権 emphasizes political power or the administration in office, whereas 内閣 names the specific body of ministers that holds executive authority.
内閣 is the actual governing cabinet in power, while 影の内閣 is the opposition party's alternative cabinet that would take over if it won.
内閣 refers specifically to the Cabinet, the executive body of ministers, whereas 日本政府 refers more broadly to Japan's national government as a whole.
Don't confuse with· 6 閣僚 means an individual cabinet minister, while 内閣 refers to the whole cabinet body that those ministers make up.
組閣 is the act or process of forming a cabinet, while 内閣 refers to the cabinet itself as a governing body.
内閣 is the Cabinet itself (the ministers), while 内閣官房 is the secretariat office that supports and coordinates it.
Show 3 more Show fewer 内閣 is the Cabinet itself (the group of ministers), while 内閣府 is the administrative office that supports and coordinates the Cabinet's policies.
内閣 refers to the cabinet itself (the group of ministers), while 閣議 is a meeting that the cabinet holds.
閣内 (inside the Cabinet) and 内閣 (the Cabinet itself, as an institution) use the same two kanji in reverse order, so learners often mix them up.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 内 , associated with 'inside' or 'internal', and 閣 , a kanji used in government-related compounds such as cabinet. The spelling is conventionally tied to the modern political meaning.
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