民部省

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
民 部 省
みん
Grade: 4 		ぶ
Grade: 3 		しょう
Grade: 4
goon

民部 (“Ministry of Popular Affairs”) +‎ 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) みんぶしょー [mìńbúꜜshòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [mʲĩmbɯ̟ɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

民(みん)部(ぶ)省(しょう) • (Minbushō) ←みんぶしゃう (Minbusyau)?

  1. (historical, government) the Ministry of Popular Affairs
    Synonym: 戸部 (Kobu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
民 部 省
たみ(の)
Grade: 4 		-
Grade: 3 		つかさ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi irregular kun'yomi

民 (tami, “citizen; subject”) +‎ の (no, genitive marker) +‎ 司 (tsukasa, “position”)

Proper noun

民(たみの)部省(つかさ) • (Tami no Tsukasa) 

  1. (historical, government) the Ministry of Popular Affairs

See also

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