兵部省

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
兵 部 省
ひょう
Grade: 4 		ぶ
Grade: 3 		しょう
Grade: 4
goon

兵部 (“Ministry of War”) +‎ 省 (“ministry”). Unlike in China, Korea and Vietnam, 部 has never been used to mean "ministry" and was merely fossilized in ministry names borrowed from Chinese, hence the apparent redundancy.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひょーぶしょー [hyòóbúꜜshòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ço̞ːbɯ̟ɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

兵(ひょう)部(ぶ)省(しょう) • (Hyōbushō) ←ひゃうぶしゃう (Fyaubusyau)?

  1. (historical, government, military) the Ministry of War

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
兵 部 省
つわもの(の)
Grade: 4 		-
Grade: 3 		つかさ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
兵司

兵 (tsuwamono, “soldier”) +‎ の (no, genitive marker) +‎ 司 (tsukasa, “position”)

Proper noun

兵(つわものの)部省(つかさ) • (Tsuwamono no Tsukasa) 

  1. (historical, government, military) the Ministry of War

See also

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