国こく務む大だい臣じん

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Meanings

minister of state; cabinet minister

Official title for a member of the Japanese Cabinet. In Japan, this refers specifically to ministers appointed under the Constitution.

〈人ひと〉を国こく務む大だい臣じんに任にん命めいするto appoint someone as a minister of state
首しゅ相しょうは彼かの女じょを国こく務む大だい臣じんに任にん命めいした。
The prime minister appointed her as a minister of state.
国こく務む大だい臣じんを務つとめるto serve as a minister of state
彼かれは長なが年ねん、国こく務む大だい臣じんを務つとめてきた。
He has served as a minister of state for many years.
国こく務む大だい臣じんとしてin one's capacity as a minister of state
彼かの女じょは国こく務む大だい臣じんとして記き者しゃ会かい見けんを行おこなった。
She held a press conference in her capacity as a minister of state.

大だい臣じんN3
大臣 is the general everyday word for a government minister, while 国務大臣 is the formal constitutional title used for members of the Japanese Cabinet.

内ない閣かく総そう理り大だい臣じんN2
国務大臣 refers to an ordinary cabinet minister, whereas 内閣総理大臣 is the specific title of the Prime Minister who heads the cabinet.
国こく務む長ちょう官かん
国務大臣 looks similar and means a Japanese cabinet minister, but it is not the same title as 国務長官, the U.S. Secretary of State.
外がい務む大だい臣じんN2
国務大臣 is the general term for any cabinet minister, whereas 外務大臣 specifically refers to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Compound of 国務 (こくむ, 'state affairs') and 大臣 (だいじん, 'minister'). A formal title established under the modern Japanese government.