環かん境きょう省しょう

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Meanings

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noun

Ministry of the Environment

Official name of the Japanese government ministry responsible for environmental policy, established in 2001.

環かん境きょう省しょうは新あたらしいリサイクル法ほうを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The Ministry of the Environment announced a new recycling law.

Kanji

環ring, circle, loop
境boundary, border, region
省government ministry, conserve, omit

Don't confuse with

環かん境きょう庁ちょう
環境庁 was the pre-2001 agency for environmental affairs, while 環境省 is its successor ministry with greater authority, so learners often mix up which name applies to which era.

Built from

環かん境きょう+省しょう

Etymology

Compound of 環境 (kankyō, 'environment') and 省 (shō, 'ministry'). The ministry was established in 2001, replacing the earlier 環境庁 (Kankyō-chō, 'Environment Agency').