How to say "administrative" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 事務的じむてきna-adjectiveThe common, everyday choice: administrative in the office sense — clerical work, paperwork, routine business — and, of a person or reply, businesslike and impersonal rather than warm.
- 経営上けいえいじょうno-adjectiveLess common; administrative in the managerial sense: matters considered from the standpoint of running a business, as with managerial or operational reasons behind a decision.
- 管理上かんりじょうno-adjectiveLess common; administrative in the sense of managing or overseeing something: reasons, problems, or requirements arising from the management side — keeping facilities, systems, or records in order.
- 行政上ぎょうせいじょうno-adjectiveLess common; administrative in the governmental sense: matters viewed from the standpoint of public administration, such as measures, procedures, or problems handled by government authorities.
- 行政的ぎょうせいてきna-adjectiveLess common; also governmental, but characterizing the nature of a thing as administrative or executive — work or measures of the kind done by government administration.
Choose 事務的 for ordinary office and clerical 'administrative' (and the businesslike-manner sense); 経営上 and 管理上 for managerial standpoints in business and in overseeing systems or facilities; 行政上 and 行政的 for government administration.
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