大だい臣じん
Meanings
Noun
1. cabinet minister
Kanji used
large
government minister
Pitch accent
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いじん
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Used in vocabulary (42 in total)
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Minister of the Left (second-ranked official in the Department of State under the ritsuryō system)
Examples (5 in total)
I spoke to the minister himself.
The minister was obliged to resign from the cabinet.
Government ministers are certain to welcome such proposals.
Mr Suzuki, who is a former Prime Minister, will be chairman of the committee.
The new minister took over the job on Monday.