民部省

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
みん
Grade: 4

Grade: 3
しょう
Grade: 4
goon

民部 (Ministry of Popular Affairs) + (ministry). Unlike in China, Korea and Vietnam, has never been used to mean "ministry" and was merely fossilized in ministry names borrowed from Chinese, hence the apparent redundancy.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぶしょー [mìńbúꜜshòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [mʲĩmbɯ̟ᵝɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

(みん)()(しょう) • (Minbushō) みんぶしゃう (minbusyau)?

  1. (historical, government) the Ministry of Popular Affairs
    Synonym: 戸部 (Kobu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たみ(の) つかさ
Grade: 4
Grade: 4 Grade: 3
jukujikun

(tami, citizen; subject) + (no, genitive marker) + (tsukasa, position)

Proper noun

民部(たみの)(つかさ) • (Tami no Tsukasa) 

  1. (historical, government) the Ministry of Popular Affairs

See also

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