縦割行政

縦割り行政

Reading

Kana: たてわりぎょうせい

Romaji: tatewarigyōsei

Definition

noun

1

vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

縦

Readings: ジュウ、 たて

Meanings: vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward

割

Readings: カツ、 わ.る、 わり、 わ.り、 わ.れる、 さ.く

Meanings: proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split

行

Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう

Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank

政

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 まつりごと、 まん

Meanings: politics, government