官僚|かんりょうkanryou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounbureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
   彼かれの辞職じしょくで官僚かんりょうの席せきに空あきができた。↗

   His resignation left a vacancy in the cabinet.

• Synonym行政官ぎょうせいかんWrittenWritten/formal prose. An official engaged in administrative work; more a job title, whereas 「官僚」 often carries the nuance of holding policy power.
• Related事務官じむかんFormalFormal. A job title for civil servants who handle general administrative work in national agencies; 「官僚」 is not a title but stresses the group influencing policy.
• Antonym民間みんかんNeutralNeutral. The private, non-governmental sphere, contrasted with the government official 「官僚」, as in 「民間企業」.

Use 「官僚」 for government officials with real power over policy; it often carries a critical nuance, as in 「官僚主義」. For administrative posts say 「行政官」 or 「事務官」; the opposite is 「民間」.

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1. つかさ。役人やくにん。特とくに政策せいさくの決定けっていに大おおきな影響力えいきょうりょくを持もつ公務員こうむいん。