高こう等とう官かん

noun

senior official; high-ranking government official

Historical term used in the pre-war Japanese government system, referring to officials of higher rank, roughly equivalent to modern senior civil servants or high-ranking bureaucrats.

• 戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんでは、高こう等とう官かんは天皇てんのうが直ちょく接せつ任にん命めいした。

  In pre-war Japan, senior officials were appointed directly by the Emperor.