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官僚 (かんりょう): bureaucrat, bureaucracy — Japanese vocabulary

官僚 is read かんりょう and means "bureaucrat, bureaucracy". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

官僚

Reading
かんりょう · kanryou
Translation
bureaucrat, bureaucracy
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
かんりょうが

Example

彼の辞職で官僚の席に空きができた。

かれのじしょくでかんりょうのせきにあきができた。

His resignation left a vacancy in the cabinet.

Kanji in this word

  • 官 — Bureaucrat, The Government, Organ
  • 僚 — Colleague, Official, Companion

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