幹部|かんぶkanbu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounmanagement; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

• Synonym役員やくいんNeutralCompany officers such as directors and auditors, and post-holders in groups like neighborhood associations or PTAs; 「幹部」 broadly means an organization's core members.
• Synonym重役じゅうやくNeutralDirectors and other top executives of a company; a somewhat old-fashioned term, while 「幹部」 covers a wider range.
• SynonymエグゼクティブNeutralLoanword for executives that carries an elite feel; 「幹部」 is the more general word.
• Synonym経営陣けいえいじんWrittenIn written or formal prose, the management of a company as a whole; 「幹部」 also covers party, government and military core members.
• Synonym指導部しどうぶWrittenA written, formal word for the leadership as a body, tending toward political parties; 「幹部」 refers to core members as individuals.
• RelatedマネジメントNeutralLoanword for management as an activity or as a group; 「幹部」 refers to the people themselves.
• Related支配人しはいにんNeutralThe manager of a hotel, theater or similar establishment; 「幹部」 is a general word for an organization's core members.
• Antonym末端まったんNeutralThe grassroots end of an organization, farthest from the center, opposite to 「幹部」 at the core.
• Antonym平社員ひらしゃいんNeutralAn ordinary employee with no title, the opposite of 「幹部」 as part of the leadership.

Use 「幹部」 for the core members of a company, party or other organization, as in 「幹部候補」. For company directors say 「役員」, for the management team 「経営陣」, for a hotel or theater manager 「支配人」, and for an ordinary employee 「平社員」.

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1. 団体だんたいの中心ちゅうしんとなる人ひと。
2. 将校しょうこう、下士官かしかん。