Word details
縦割行政
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 縦割行政.
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Entry
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vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
縦
vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward
16 strokesFrequency 1,258JLPT N1Grade 6
On
ジュウ
Kun
たて
割
proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
12 strokesFrequency 318JLPT N2Grade 6
On
カツ
Kun
わ.るわりわ.りわ.れるさ.く
行
going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
6 strokesFrequency 20JLPT N4Grade 2
On
コウギョウアン
Kun
い.くゆ.く-ゆ.き-ゆき-い.き-いきおこな.うおこ.なう
Nanori
いくなみなめみちゆきゆく
政
politics, government
9 strokesFrequency 17JLPT N2Grade 5
On
セイショウ
Kun
まつりごとまん
Nanori
ただまさ
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