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逓信省 (ていしんしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

逓てい信しん省しょう

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Meanings

1

Ministry of Communications and Transportation

historical term

Historical term for a Japanese government ministry that existed until 1949, overseeing postal, telegraph, and transportation services.

逓てい信しん省しょうは1949年ねんに廃はい止しされ、

郵ゆう

政せい

省しょう

と

運うん

輸ゆ

省しょう

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分ぶん

割かつ

さ

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た

。

The Ministry of Communications and Transportation was abolished in 1949 and split into the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the Ministry of Transport.

Kanji

逓relay, in turn, sending
信faith, truth, fidelity
省government ministry, conserve, omit

Etymology

Compound of 逓信 (teishin, 'communications') and 省 (shō, 'ministry'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the ministry was established in the Meiji period.