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官僚

Reading

Kana: かんりょう
Romaji: kanryō
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Definition

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bureaucrat; bureaucracy

Kanji

Reading: カン
Meanings: bureaucrat, the government, organ
Reading: リョウ
Meanings: colleague, official, companion

Example Sentences

(かれ)辞職(じしょく)官僚(かんりょう)(せき)()きができた。
➥His resignation left a vacancy in the cabinet.
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実際(じっさい)のところ、これは官僚(かんりょう)支配(しはい)有力(ゆうりょく)手段(しゅだん)なのである。
➥In fact, this is a major means of bureaucratic control.
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行政(ぎょうせい)指導(しどう)広範囲(こうはんい)(もち)いられることは、日本(にっぽん)特有(とくゆう)のやり(かた)だと(かんが)えられている。これにより、官僚(かんりょう)民間(みんかん)(たい)して、ああしろ、こうしろ、ああするな、こうするな、という(つよ)権限(けんげん)法律(ほうりつ)(うら)づけなしに行使(こうし)することができる。
➥The widespread application of administrative guidance is considered to be a uniquely Japanese practice in which bureaucrats exert authority, without any legal backing, telling the private sector what to do and what not to do.
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官僚達(かんりょうたち)(だい)企業(きぎょう)との強固(きょうこ)関係(かんけい)維持(いじ)している。
➥The bureaucrats maintain solid ties with the gigantic corporations.
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官僚(かんりょう)(きゅう)法規(ほうき)改正(かいせい)(かん)して、()()きを見守(みまも)っています。
➥Bureaucrats are testing the waters over revising old regulations.
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