Word Meaning 官僚

かんりょう kanryou

官僚 is read as かんりょう (kanryou) and means bureaucrat.

Meaning

English

  1. bureaucrat
  2. government official
  3. bureaucracy

Reading

Kana

かんりょう

Romaji

kanryou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 1986 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

官僚政治

かんりょうせいじ

bureaucratic government

官僚化

かんりょうか

bureaucratization

官僚的

かんりょうてき

bureaucratic

官僚制

かんりょうせい

bureaucracy

官僚主導

かんりょうしゅどう

initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians)

官僚機構

かんりょうきこう

bureaucratic organization

官僚主義

かんりょうしゅぎ

bureaucracy

官僚主義者

かんりょうしゅぎしゃ

bureaucrat

党官僚

とうかんりょう

apparatchik

新官僚

しんかんりょう

new bureaucrats

高級官僚

こうきゅうかんりょう

elite bureaucrat

脱官僚

だつかんりょう

debureaucratization

Example Sentences

8

かれはせいふのかんりょうになった。

He became a government official.

かれはこうきゅうかんりょうとしてはたらいている。

He works as a high-ranking official.

かのじょはかんりょうになるためにほうりつをまなんでいる。

She is studying law to become a bureaucrat.

The government official spoke to the reporter on condition of anonymity.

Despite your best efforts, your bureaucratic work was not rewarded.

Japanese bureaucrats are nothing but traitors to the country who covet our tax money and will continue the practice of amakudari until the country is bankrupt.

Government officials say there’s no evidence to support the suggestion that Chinese students may be the ones inadvertently spreading the virus.

The Recruit scandal is a corruption scandal concerning public officials and politicians who accepted as bribes undisclosed shares from the RecruitCoscom company. The shares had been rising steadily.