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国際協力機構 (こくさいきょうりょくきこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

国こく際さい協きょう力りょく機き構こう

Meanings

1

noun

Japan International Cooperation Agency; JICA

organization name

Official name of the Japanese governmental agency responsible for administering overseas development aid and technical cooperation.

国こく際さい協きょう力りょく機き構こうは開かい発はつ途と上じょう国こくへの技ぎ術じゅつ協きょう力りょくを行おこなっている。
The Japan International Cooperation Agency provides technical cooperation to developing countries.

Kanji

国country
際occasion, side, edge
協co-, cooperation
力

power, strength, strong

機loom, mechanism, machine

構posture, stance, appearance

Etymology

Compound of 国際 (international), 協力 (cooperation), and 機構 (organization). The English name JICA is derived from the initial letters of Japan International Cooperation Agency.