かんりょう
Meanings
Noun
1. bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
Kanji used
bureaucrat
colleague
Pitch accent
んりょう
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Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
new bureaucrats; right-wing, pro-military bureaucrats who gained prominence in the Home Ministry after the Manchurian Incident (1931)
bureaucratic government
bureaucratization; bureaucratisation
initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians)
debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy
Examples (3 in total)
The bureaucrats maintain solid ties with the gigantic corporations.
In fact, this is a major means of bureaucratic control.
The government official spoke to the reporter on condition of anonymity.