Illustration: In a Japanese manufacturing company's meeting room, three senior staff members sit together at the end of a conference table, examining a physical model of a new production line. A younger engineer stands beside the model, presenting a removable component.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

幹かん部ぶ

kanbu

leaders, senior staff

Example sentences

彼かれはその問題もんだいについて幹部かんぶの何人なんにんかと協議きょうぎした。
He consulted with some of the staff on the matter.
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党とう幹部かんぶらは、党組織とうそしきの欠陥問題けっかんもんだいに取とり組くんでいます。
Party leaders are grappling with flaws in the party system.
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労働組合ろうどうくみあいの幹部かんぶは賃上ちんあげの凍結とうけつに反対はんたいして、闘たたかっています。
The union bosses are fighting the freeze on wage hikes.
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Kanji in 幹部

幹tree trunk; main partOnカンKunみき
部section; bureauOnブ

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