じかん

次官

vice-minister; undersecretary

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Noun

vice-minister•undersecretary

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Kanji Breakdown

Example Sentences

その次官(じかん)は政界のボスたちのおかげで地位に留(とどまる)まることができた。

The undersecretary was maintained in office by the political bosses.

Related Kanji

next, order, sequence

ジ / つ.ぐ

bureaucrat, the government, organ

カン / —

Other Readings

This kanji can also be read as:

すけassistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system)