Illustration: In Tokyo's central government district, several substantial administrative buildings surround a shared forecourt, with the National Diet building recognizable farther down the street.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

省しょう庁ちょう

shouchou

government ministries and agencies

Example sentences

  1. 国土交通大臣こくどこうつうだいじんが本部長ほんぶちょうとなり、関係かんけい省庁しょうちょうおよび民間団体みんかんだんたい・企業きぎょうが参加さんかしている。

    The head of the campaign is the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and its membership consists of relevant ministries and agencies, citizens' organizations and private companies.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 明治時代めいじじだいに設置せっちされた省庁しょうちょうの一ひとつ。

    It was one of the government offices established in the Meiji period.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また、敗戦後はいせんご、各かく省庁しょうちょうは、占領軍せんりょうぐんにより戦争責任追及せんそうせきにんついきゅうの証拠しょうことして押収おうしゅうされるのを防ふせぐため、積極的せっきょくてき・組織的そしきてきに関係書類かんけいしょるいの焼却しょうきゃく・廃棄はいきを行おこなっている。

    Furthermore, after the war, the government ministries and agencies actively and systematically burned and disposed of relevant documents to prevent them from being seized by occupation authorities as evidence for war responsibility.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 省庁

  • 省omit; conserveOnセイ・ショウKunかえりみる・はぶく
  • 庁government officeOnチョウ・テイKunやくしょ

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