Illustration: Inside an early Shōwa government cabinet room, a senior minister in a dark three-piece suit sits at the head of a long table. Treasury officials present a locked cashbox, bundled banknotes with their faces concealed, and an open ledger seen from the back.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

蔵ぞう相しょう

zoushou

finance minister

Historical title for Japan’s finance minister before 2001. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. しかし、日露戦争後にちろせんそうごの不況期ふきょうきに入はいったことを理由りゆうに板谷いたや蔵相ぞうしょうによって予算よさんは削減さくげんされ、設立せつりつは絶望的ぜつぼうてきとなった。

    Finance Minister Itaya reduced the budget due to a recession after Japanese-Russo War and it was impossible to establish the universities.

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

  2. 古ふるい新聞しんぶんに、蔵相ぞうしょうの写真しゃしんが載のっていた。

    There was a photo of the finance minister in an old newspaper.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 授業じゅぎょうで、当時とうじの蔵相ぞうしょうの役割やくわりを学まなんだ。

    In class, we learned about the finance minister’s role at the time.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 蔵相

  • 蔵storehouse; hideOnゾウ・ソウKunくら・おさめる・かくれる
  • 相inter-; mutualOnソウ・ショウKunあい-

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