厚生労働省

Japanese

Kanji in this term
厚 生 労 働 省
こう
Grade: 5 		せい
Grade: 1 		ろう
Grade: 4 		どう
Grade: 4 		しょう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 厚生 (“health and welfare”) +‎ 労働 (“labor”) +‎ 省 (“department, ministry”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こーせーろーどーしょー [kòósééróódóꜜòshòò] (Nakadaka – [7])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːse̞ːɾo̞ːdo̞ːɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

厚(こう)生(せい)労(ろう)働(どう)省(しょう) • (Kōsei-rōdō-shō) 

  1. (government) Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
    Synonym: 厚労省
    Synonym: MHLW (emu ecchi eru daburyū)
    Synonym: エム-エッチ-エル-ダブリュー (emu ecchi eru daburyū)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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