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大臣 (だいじん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

大だい臣じん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

cabinet minister; government minister

Refers to a high-ranking government official in charge of a ministry or holding a cabinet-level post, as in 外務大臣 or 財務大臣.

彼かの女じょは環かん境きょう大だい臣じんに任にん命めいされた。
She was appointed Minister of the Environment.
大だい臣じんは記き者しゃ会かい見

けん

で

新あたら

しい

方ほう

針しん

を

説せつ

明めい

し

た

。

The minister explained the new policy at a press conference.

Kanji

大large, big
臣retainer, subject

Similar words

首しゅ相しょう
Means prime minister, the head of the government; 大臣 refers to a cabinet minister, not necessarily the prime minister.
閣かく僚りょう
A more formal term for a cabinet member; 大臣 is the ordinary word used in titles of ministers and ministries.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 大, meaning 'great' or 'major', and 臣, meaning 'minister' or 'retainer'; the spelling directly matches the official-government sense.