Keyword
government minister
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig911
Readings
しん
(59%)
じん
(30%)
おみ
(7%)
み
(1%)
Used in kanji (13 in total)
princess
supervise
stash
face something
Used in vocabulary (124 in total)
cabinet minister
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
vassal; retainer
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
Minister for Foreign Affairs
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
chief vassal; senior statesman
Minister of Defense; Minister of Defence
loyal retainer; loyal subject
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
subject; national; citizen
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Minister of the Environment
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
Minister for Reconstruction
old or key retainer
rear vassal; daimyo's retainer
State Minister in Charge of Financial Affairs
direct vassal of the shogunate (Edo period); direct retainer of the shogun (e.g. a hatamoto)
Minister of the Left (second-ranked official in the Department of State under the ritsuryō system)
Minister of the Right (third-ranked official in the Department of State under the ritsuryō system)
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
minister of state; cabinet minister (in Japan)
ruler and ruled; master and servant
courtier; attendant
immediate follower (of the shogun)
(arch.) slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I
Home Minister (pre-1947)
Minister of Education
treacherous retainer
surviving retainer
a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects
Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
State Minister in Charge of Regulatory Reform
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
vassal; attendant
meritorious retainer
(of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state
Minister of Construction
Army Minister; Minister of War
crafty courtier; traitor
status of a subject
subjects; retainers
military retainer
Minister of Home Affairs
Minister of Transport
Minister of Health and Welfare
State Minister in Charge of Postal Services Privatization
Minister of the Imperial Household
influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier
minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
strategist; tactician; schemer
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Minister of International Trade and Industry
Minister for Digital Transformation
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
rebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious (treacherous) subject; traitor
wise and able retainer
loyalty to one's master
Minister of State for Special Missions
to rise to the highest possible rank
serving as a retainer
disloyalty; unfaithfulness
rebel; insurrectionist; traitor
Minister of Communications and Transportation (1885-1949)
Minister of Commerce and Industry
loyal retainer
favorite retainer; court favorite
rebellious retainer
favorite retainer; court favorite
foreign retainer
low-rank retainer
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
Minister of International Trade and Industry
the cabinet minister in charge
civil official (esp. dealing with literary matters)
slanderous retainer; libelous vassal
State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy
rebellious retainer
nominal (figurehead) minister; titular minister
Ason (second highest of the eight hereditary titles)
favorite retainer; court favorite
close adviser; close advisor
close adviser; close advisor
minister without portfolio; minister without appointed duties
favorite retainer; court favorite
retainer who dares to dissuade his lord
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)
grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)
downstage left pillar (on a noh stage)
townspeople; the common people
cabinet minister; Minister of State for Special Missions
foolish retainer; I; me
Shindo Renmei (Japanese terrorist group active in Brazil in the 1940s)
Examples (26 in total)
The retainer bowed and withdrew from the king's presence.
The other ministers also look conflicted.
All of the current ministers were middle-aged men.