Word Meaning 官吏

かんり kanri

官吏 is read as かんり (kanri) and means government official.

Meaning

English

  1. government official
  2. public servant
  3. civil servant

Reading

Kana

かんり

Romaji

kanri

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms 公吏 Rank 8891 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

官公吏

かんこうり

officialdom

貪官汚吏

たんかんおり

corrupt government official

官僚

かんりょう

bureaucrat

官邸

かんてい

official residence (e.g. of the prime minister)

官憲

かんけん

officials

官房長官

かんぼうちょうかん

Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan)

官房

かんぼう

government secretariat

官製

かんせい

government-manufactured

官舎

かんしゃ

official residence

官能検査

かんのうけんさ

sensory evaluation

官能基

かんのうき

functional group

官能主義

かんのうしゅぎ

sensualism

Example Sentences

3

かれはせいれんなかんりとしてゆうめいだ

He is famous for being an upright official.

かれはながねんかんりをつとめている

He has served as a government official for many years.

I have one of my friends who graduated from university and became a fine public servant. Once he told me that what he had learned from school had been useless. However, what little philosophy he had learned proved to be of great benefit.