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 kokuki
    こくき

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Guo
(1) country; state; (2) region; (3) national government; central government; (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (archaism) province (of Japan); (6) (archaism) land; earth; (given name) Kokuki


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guó
    guo2
kuo
 kuniyuki
    くにゆき

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Guo
country; nation; state (CL:個|个[ge4]); (bound form) national
(out-dated kanji) (1) country; state; (2) region; (3) national government; central government; (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (archaism) province (of Japan); (6) (archaism) land; earth; (personal name) Kuniyuki
A country, a nation; national.

大君

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 taikun
    たいくん

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Great Lord / Tycoon
(1) (honorific or respectful language) monarch; (2) (hist) (used during the Edo period in communications with other countries) shogun (of the Tokugawa government); (place-name) Ookimi

学生

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 gakushou; gakusou / gakusho; gakuso
    がくしょう; がくそう
(1) (archaism) Heian-period student of government administration; (2) (archaism) Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism; (3) (archaism) learning; scholarship; (personal name) Manabu

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    li4
li
 ri
    り
minor government official or functionary (old)
(archaism) government official; public official; (female given name) Fumi

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guān
    guan1
kuan
 kan
    かん
government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
government service; the bureaucracy; (female given name) Tsukasa
Official, public.

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    fu3
fu
 fu
    ふ
seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
(1) (urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); (2) centre (e.g. of learning); center; seat; (3) (government) office; (4) (hist) fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam); (surname) Futaka

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zhèng
    zheng4
cheng
 matsurigoto(p); sei / matsurigoto(p); se
    まつりごと(P); せい
political; politics; government
rule; government; (surname) Matsurigoto
Government, administration, policy, politics.

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cáo
    cao2
ts`ao
    tsao
 sou / so
    そう
class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)
(1) (obsolete) (See 曹司・ぞうし・1) palace room for government officials; (2) (obsolete) fellow; set (of people); clan; family; (surname) Tsukasa
Company, class; used as the plural of pronouns, etc.

公債


公债

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gōng zhài
    gong1 zhai4
kung chai
 kousai / kosai
    こうさい
government bond
public debt; public bond; government securities

公署

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gōng shǔ
    gong1 shu3
kung shu
 kousho / kosho
    こうしょ
government office
government office

官兵

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guān bīng
    guan1 bing1
kuan ping
 kanpei / kanpe
    かんぺい
(military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops
(1) government soldier; (2) officers and other ranks; officers and enlisted

官員


官员

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guān yuán
    guan1 yuan2
kuan yüan
 kanin
    かんいん
official (in an organization or government); administrator
government official

官費


官费

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guān fèi
    guan1 fei4
kuan fei
 kanpi
    かんぴ
government funded; paid by state stipend
government expense

官軍


官军

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guān jun
    guan1 jun1
kuan chün
 kangun
    かんぐん
official army government army
(See 勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍,賊軍) government forces; loyalist army

憲政


宪政

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xiàn zhèng
    xian4 zheng4
hsien cheng
 kensei / kense
    けんせい
constitutional government
(1) constitutional government; (2) (archaism) exemplary government; excellent government; (given name) Norimasa

政令

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zhèng lìng
    zheng4 ling4
cheng ling
 seirei / sere
    せいれい
government decree
government ordinance; cabinet order

政務


政务

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zhèng wù
    zheng4 wu4
cheng wu
 seimu / semu
    せいむ
government affairs
government affairs

政府

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zhèng fǔ
    zheng4 fu3
cheng fu
 seifu / sefu
    せいふ
government; CL:個|个[ge4]
government; administration; ministry

衙門


衙门

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yá men
    ya2 men5
ya men
 gamon
    がもん
government office in feudal China; yamen
(archaism) government office; public office

軍政


军政

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jun zhèng
    jun1 zheng4
chün cheng
 gunsei / gunse
    ぐんせい
army and government
(1) (See 民政・1) military administration; military government; military junta; (2) government affairs relating to the military

反政府

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fǎn zhèng fǔ
    fan3 zheng4 fu3
fan cheng fu
 hanseifu / hansefu
    はんせいふ
anti-government (protest)
(can act as adjective) anti-government

政府軍


政府军

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zhèng fǔ jun
    zheng4 fu3 jun1
cheng fu chün
 seifugun / sefugun
    せいふぐん
government army
government forces; government troops

清政府

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qīng zhèng fǔ
    qing1 zheng4 fu3
ch`ing cheng fu
    ching cheng fu
 shinseifu / shinsefu
    しんせいふ
Qing government (1644-1911)
government of the Qing dynasty; Qing government

軍政府


军政府

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jun zhèng fǔ
    jun1 zheng4 fu3
chün cheng fu
 gunseifu / gunsefu
    ぐんせいふ
military government
military government

中央政府

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zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ
    zhong1 yang1 zheng4 fu3
chung yang cheng fu
 chuuouseifu / chuosefu
    ちゅうおうせいふ
central government
central government

臨時政府


临时政府

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lín shí zhèng fǔ
    lin2 shi2 zheng4 fu3
lin shih cheng fu
 rinjiseifu / rinjisefu
    りんじせいふ
provisional government
provisional government

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lìng
    ling4
ling
 rei / re
    れい
to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make something happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem
(n,n-suf) (1) command; order; dictation; (prefix) (2) (See 令和) nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-); (personal name) Reiji
cause

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wèi
    wei4
wei
 kurai
    くらい
position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
(1) (orig. from 座居, meaning "seat") throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat; (2) (See 位階) government position; court rank; (3) social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung; (4) grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank; (5) (See 桁・2) position of a figure (e.g. tens, thousands); digit; (decimal) place; (personal name) Tadashi
Position, seat, throne.

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gōng
    gong1
kung
 kou / ko
    こう
public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
(1) (See 私) public affair; government matter; the state; the government; the public; (n,n-suf) (2) duke; prince; (suffix) (3) (after the name of a high-ranking person) Sir; Lord; (suffix) (4) (after a person, animal, etc.) familiar or derogatory suffix; (given name) Hiromu
Public, general, official; a duke, grandparent, gentleman; just, fair.

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zhì
    zhi4
chih
 sei / se
    せい
system; to control; to regulate; variant of 製|制[zhi4]
(n,n-suf) system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment; (personal name) Seiji
Restrain, govern; regulations; mourning.

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    si1
ssu
 shi
    し
to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
(archaism) (hist) (See 律令制) office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system); (given name) Mamoru

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zǎi
    zai3
tsai
 tsukasa
    つかさ
to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
(female given name) Tsukasa
rule

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liáo
    liao2
liao
 ryou / ryo
    りょう
hut; shack; small window; variant of 僚[liao2]
(1) hostel; dormitory; (2) (archaism) (See 律令制) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (3) (archaism) (See 茶寮・1) tea-ceremony room; (4) (archaism) (See 別荘・1) villa; (surname, given name) Ryō
A hut, study, monastery; fellow-student.

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    si4
ssu
 tera
    てら
Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
temple (Buddhist); (personal name) Teraji
vihāra, 毘訶羅 or 鼻訶羅; saṅghārāma 僧伽藍; an official hall, a temple, adopted by Buddhists for a monastery, many other names are given to it, e. g. 淨住; 法同舍; 出世舍; 精舍; 淸淨園; 金剛刹; 寂滅道場; 遠離處; 親近處 'A model vihāra ought to be built of red sandalwood, with 32 chambers, 8 tāla trees in height, with a garden, park and bathing tank attached; it ought to have promenades for peripatetic meditation and to be richly furnished with stores of clothes, food, bedsteads, mattresses, medicines and all creature comforts.' Eitel.

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tīng
    ting1
t`ing
    ting
 chou / cho
    ちょう
Japanese variant of 廳|厅
(n,n-suf) government office; agency; board; (place-name) Chō


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lǐn
    lin3
lin
government granary


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tīng
    ting1
t`ing
    ting
 chou / cho
    ちょう
(reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department
(surname) Chō

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zǒng
    zong3
tsung
 sou / so
    そう
(hist) rural local self-government (Muromachi period); (surname) Michi
overall

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àn
    an4
an
 an
    あん
(legal) case; incident; record; file; table
(n,n-suf) (1) idea; plan; proposal; suggestion; (government) bill; (2) draft; rough copy; (3) expectation; (4) (archaism) desk; stand; (female given name) Tsukue
A judge's desk; a case at law.

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zhì
    zhi4
chih
 chi
    ち
to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
(1) (rare) politics; government; administration; rule; (2) (rare) (See 治に居て乱を忘れず) (ant: 乱) peace; (3) (archaism) medical treatment; cure; (surname, given name) Haru
Rule, govern; prepare; treat, cure; repress, punish.

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    mu4
mu
 maki
    まき
to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old); government official (old)
pasture; grazing land; (surname) Moku
To herd, pastor.


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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 gen
    げん
to appear; present; now; existing; current
(prefix) present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing; (personal name) Yukitoshi
Appear, apparent; manifest, visible; now; present; ready.

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xiàng
    xiang4
hsiang
 sou / so
    そう
appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
(1) aspect; appearance; look; (2) physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); (3) {gramm} aspect; (4) {physics;chem} phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous); (given name) Tasuku
lakṣana 攞乞尖拏. Also, nimitta. A 'distinctive mark, sign', 'indication, characteristic', 'designation'. M. W. External appearance; the appearance of things; form; a phenomenon 有爲法 in the sense of appearance; mutual; to regard. The four forms taken by every phenomenon are 生住異滅 rise, stay, change, cease, i. e. birth, life, old age, death. The Huayan school has a sixfold division of form, namely, whole and parts, together and separate, integrate and disintegrate. A Buddha or Cakravartī is recognized by his thirty-two lakṣana , i. e. his thirty-two characteristic physiological marks.

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bāng
    bang1
pang
 miyako
    みやこ
(bound form) country; nation; state
(1) country; state; (2) region; (3) national government; central government; (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (archaism) province (of Japan); (6) (archaism) land; earth; (female given name) Miyako

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yuàn
    yuan4
yüan
 in
    いん
courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) (See 下院・かいん) house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); (2) graduate school; postgraduate school; (suffix) (3) (See 医院・いいん,病院・びょういん) institution (often medical); institutional building; government office; (suffix) (4) {Buddh} sub-temple; minor temple building; temple; cloister; (5) (honorific or respectful language) imperial palace; (6) (honorific or respectful language) (hist) (See 女院・にょういん) title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.; (suffix) (7) former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.); late; (surname, female given name) In
ārāma, pleasaunce, garden, grove; a monastery, hall, court.

お上

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 okami
    おかみ
(1) (honorific or respectful language) Emperor; (2) (honorific or respectful language) authorities; government; (3) term used to refer to a woman running a restaurant, inn, etc.; landlady; (4) (honorific or respectful language) your wife; his wife; madam

三権

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 sanken
    さんけん
the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)

上下

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shàng xià
    shang4 xia4
shang hsia
 jouge / joge
    じょうげ
up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about
(1) top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down; (n,vs,vi) (2) going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating; (n,vs,vi) (3) going and coming back; (4) upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people; (5) first and second volumes; (6) {cloth} top and bottom; two-piece (outfit); (place-name, surname) Jōge
above and below

上納

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 jounou / jono
    じょうのう
(noun, transitive verb) payment to the government; (place-name) Jōnou

上訪


上访

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shàng fǎng
    shang4 fang3
shang fang
to seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for something

下文

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xià wén
    xia4 wen2
hsia wen
 kudashibumi
    くだしぶみ
edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document
a sentence below

不義


不义

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bù yì
    bu4 yi4
pu i
 fugi
    ふぎ
injustice
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) immorality; injustice; misconduct; impropriety; perfidy; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) adultery; infidelity; cuckoldry; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (archaism) (See 八虐) murdering one's teacher or a government official
unjust

与党

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 yotou / yoto
    よとう
(See 野党) ruling party; government party; party in power; government

中央

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zhōng yāng
    zhong1 yang1
chung yang
 chuuou / chuo
    ちゅうおう
central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) centre; center; middle; heart; (2) (See 地方・2) capital; seat of government; (female given name) Mao

九卿

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jiǔ qīng
    jiu3 qing1
chiu ch`ing
    chiu ching
 kyuukei / kyuke
    きゅうけい
the Nine Ministers (in imperial China)
(1) (hist) nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government); (2) (hist) (See 公卿・1) high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō

事力

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 jiriki; jiryoku
    じりき; じりょく
(hist) manpower supplied by designated adult men to government officials, or tax in lieu (ritsuryō system)

五院

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wǔ yuàn
    wu3 yuan4
wu yüan
the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院[Xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive Yuan, 立法院[Li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative Yuan, 司法院[Si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院[Kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院[Jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control Yuan

交售

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jiāo shòu
    jiao1 shou4
chiao shou
(of a farmer) to sell one's produce to the state as stipulated by government policy

京報


京报

see styles
jīng bào
    jing1 bao4
ching pao
Peking Gazette (official government bulletin)

仁政

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rén zhèng
    ren2 zheng4
jen cheng
 jinsei / jinse
    じんせい
benevolent policy; humane government
benevolent rule; (personal name) Jinsei

仕官

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(n,vs,vi) (1) government service; entering government service; (n,vs,vi) (2) (See 浪人・1) finding a new lord or master to serve (of a ronin)

会党

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 kaitou / kaito
    かいとう
(hist) secret society of ancient China (often opposed to the government)

侍所

see styles
 samuraidokoro; saburaidokoro
    さむらいどころ; さぶらいどころ
(1) (hist) (esp. さむらいどころ) Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office); (2) (hist) (esp. さぶらいどころ) samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)

供出

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 kyoushutsu / kyoshutsu
    きょうしゅつ
(n,vs,vt,vi) obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)

供帳


供帐

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gōng zhàng
    gong1 zhang4
kung chang
 kuchō
The Tang dynasty register, or census of monks and nuns, supplied to the government every three years.

倒閣

see styles
 toukaku / tokaku
    とうかく
(n,vs,vi) overthrow of government

做官

see styles
zuò guān
    zuo4 guan1
tso kuan
to take an official post; to become a government employee

傭人


佣人

see styles
yōng rén
    yong1 ren2
yung jen
 younin / yonin
    ようにん
servant
(1) employee; (2) (obsolete) labourer employed by the government or a local public body

僑務


侨务

see styles
qiáo wù
    qiao2 wu4
ch`iao wu
    chiao wu
matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government)

僧官

see styles
sēng guān
    seng1 guan1
seng kuan
 sōkan
Director of monks, an official first appointed by the government in the fourth century A.D.; then and later the office was called 僧正; 僧統; 僧錄 (僧錄司).

入庁

see styles
 nyuuchou / nyucho
    にゅうちょう
(noun/participle) becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.

內廷


内廷

see styles
nèi tíng
    nei4 ting2
nei t`ing
    nei ting
place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
See: 内廷

內閣


内阁

see styles
nèi gé
    nei4 ge2
nei ko
(government) cabinet

公事

see styles
gōng shì
    gong1 shi4
kung shih
 kouji / koji
    こうじ
work-related matters; documents
government business; (surname) Misumi

公儀

see styles
 kougi / kogi
    こうぎ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government

公卿

see styles
gōng qīng
    gong1 qing1
kung ch`ing
    kung ching
 kugyou; koukei; kuge(gikun) / kugyo; koke; kuge(gikun)
    くぎょう; こうけい; くげ(gikun)
high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
(1) (hist) high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; (2) (こうけい only) (hist) three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)

公吏

see styles
 kouri / kori
    こうり
(obsolete) (See 地方公務員) local government official

公地

see styles
gōng dì
    gong1 di4
kung ti
 kouchi / kochi
    こうち
public land; land in common use
(See 私地) public land; government land; (surname) Kōchi

公府

see styles
gōng fǔ
    gong1 fu3
kung fu
government post in Han dynasty

公廨

see styles
 kugai; kuge; koukai / kugai; kuge; kokai
    くがい; くげ; こうかい
(archaism) government office

公所

see styles
 ooyakedokoro
    おおやけどころ
(1) (archaism) imperial court; government office; (2) (archaism) imperial land; government land; (place-name) Guzo

公派

see styles
gōng pài
    gong1 pai4
kung p`ai
    kung pai
to send sb abroad at the government's expense

公用

see styles
gōng yòng
    gong1 yong4
kung yung
 kouyou / koyo
    こうよう
public; for public use
(1) (ant: 私用・2) official business; government business; public business; company duties; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (ant: 私用・1) public use; government use

公私

see styles
gōng sī
    gong1 si1
kung ssu
 koushi / koshi
    こうし
public and private (interests, initiative etc)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) public and private; official and personal; government and people

公糧


公粮

see styles
gōng liáng
    gong1 liang2
kung liang
grain collected by the government as tax

公職


公职

see styles
gōng zhí
    gong1 zhi2
kung chih
 koushoku / koshoku
    こうしょく
civil service; public office; government job
public office

公股

see styles
gōng gǔ
    gong1 gu3
kung ku
government stake

公衙

see styles
 kouga / koga
    こうが
(archaism) government office; public office

公許

see styles
 koukyo / kokyo
    こうきょ
(n,adj-no,vs,vt) official permission; government licence (license)

公車


公车

see styles
gōng chē
    gong1 che1
kung ch`e
    kung che
bus; abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1]; car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc); abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1]

内閣

see styles
 naikaku
    ないかく
cabinet (of a government); ministry

出仕

see styles
chū shì
    chu1 shi4
ch`u shih
    chu shih
 shusshi
    しゅっし
to take up an official post
(n,vs,vi) entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty

出山

see styles
chū shān
    chu1 shan1
ch`u shan
    chu shan
 deyama
    でやま
to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take a leading position
(place-name, surname) Deyama

出役

see styles
 shutsuyaku; deyaku
    しゅつやく; でやく
(n,vs,vi) (1) travelling for work; taking part in group work; (2) (archaism) practice of government officials taking on a temporary secondary role (Edo period)

刀禰

see styles
 tone
    とね
(1) {Shinto} (used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo) priest; (2) (archaism) (See 四等官) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryō system; (3) (archaism) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (4) (archaism) prominent member of a town; (5) river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (6) (archaism) (medieval) harbor manager; (7) (archaism) bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands; (surname) Tone

分治

see styles
fēn zhì
    fen1 zhi4
fen chih
separate government; partition

力役

see styles
 rikiyaku
    りきやく
(hist) forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryō system)

加委

see styles
jiā wěi
    jia1 wei3
chia wei
(of a government authority) to appoint (sb recommended by a subsidiary unit or a non-government organization)

加官

see styles
jiā guān
    jia1 guan1
chia kuan
to be promoted; additional government post

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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