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農林水産省 (nourinsuisanshou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

農のう林りん水すい産さん省しょう

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Meanings

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Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF

Official name of the Japanese government ministry responsible for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.

農のう林りん水すい産さん省しょうは食しょく料りょう自じ給きゅう率りつの向こう上じょうを目め指ざし

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The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries aims to improve the food self-sufficiency rate.

Kanji

農agriculture, farmers
林grove, forest
水water
産products, bear, give birth
省government ministry, conserve, omit

Related words

林りん野や庁ちょう
農林水産省 is the parent ministry overseeing agriculture, forestry, and fisheries as a whole, while 林野庁 is the agency within it specifically handling forest management.
食しょく糧りょう庁ちょう
農林水産省 is the current ministry that absorbed 食糧庁's functions in 2003, so it is the modern successor rather than a true synonym.

Etymology

Compound of 農林 (agriculture and forestry) + 水産 (fisheries) + 省 (ministry).