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官僚 (かんりょう, kanryou) Japanese meaning: bureaucrat | Kotomora
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He works as a bureaucrat at the Ministry of Finance.
The inefficiency of the bureaucracy was criticized.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 官かん 僚りょう になる for someone to become a bureaucrat
After graduating from university, he became a government bureaucrat.
官かん 僚りょう が 〈 事こと 〉 を 答とう 弁べん する for a bureaucrat to give testimony/answer questions (e.g. in the Diet)
The official gave testimony on the matter in the Diet.
官かん 僚りょう を 批ひ 判はん する to criticize bureaucrats (for red tape, inefficiency, etc.)
The public criticized the bureaucrats.
Kanji 官 bureaucrat, the government, organ 僚 colleague, official, companion Related words· 8 公務員 covers all public servants (teachers, police, clerks), while 官僚 refers specifically to high-ranking officials in central government ministries.
役人 is a more casual, sometimes slightly disparaging word for a government official, whereas 官僚 sounds more formal and emphasizes elite administrative rank.
官僚 is a broad term for any career bureaucrat, while 財務官 names a specific finance-related official title.
官僚 refers to bureaucrats or civil servants in general, while 高官 specifically denotes a person in a senior, high-ranking post.
Show 4 more テクノクラート specifically means a technical expert who holds power in government or industry, while 官僚 is the broader term for any career bureaucrat regardless of technical background.
官僚 specifically means the bureaucrat or bureaucratic system, while 官 is the broader, more abstract term for government or officialdom.
官僚 refers to individual bureaucrats or the administrative system itself, while 官界 refers to the broader social world that those bureaucrats belong to.
官僚 emphasizes a high-ranking bureaucrat who shapes policy, while 事務官 is a more routine administrative title within an office.
Don't confuse with· 5 官僚 are appointed career administrators who implement policy, while 政治家 are elected officials who make policy decisions.
官僚 (read かんりょう) refers to bureaucrats collectively in modern Japanese, while 官 read つかさ is an old word for a single office or official.
官僚 refers to a bureaucrat, often implying a higher-ranking or career civil servant, while 係官 simply means the official currently handling a specific case or duty.
Show 2 more Written forms 官かん 僚りょう Usage 100%
Standard kanji form; high-frequency in news and official contexts.
カンリョウ Usage <1%
Etymology From Chinese 官僚 (guānliáo), meaning 'government official'. The term was adopted into Japanese with the same meaning.
官かん 吏り
官僚 refers specifically to high-ranking bureaucrats who shape policy, while 官吏 is the broader, dated term for any government official.
幕僚 means a military staff officer who assists a commander, while 官僚 means a government bureaucrat; the two share the kanji 僚 but refer to entirely different roles.
Show 5 more debureaucratization; reducing bureaucratic power
bureaucrat-led initiative; bureaucratic leadership in policymaking
bureaucracy; bureaucratism
bureaucratic government
bureaucracy; bureaucratic organization
