Keyword
colleague
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1842
Readings
りょう
(100%)
Composed of
thin person
fuel used for sacrifices
Used in vocabulary (38 in total)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
cabinet ministers
staff; staff officer
cabinet meeting; meeting of ministers
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
consort plane
colleague; workmate; comrade; coworker
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
subordinates; petty officials
ministerial council; council of ministers
subordinate official
new bureaucrats; right-wing, pro-military bureaucrats who gained prominence in the Home Ministry after the Manchurian Incident (1931)
initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians)
bureaucratic government
bureaucratization; bureaucratisation
debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy
public servant; government official
many government officials; all the officials
low-ranking official
Examples (21 in total)
Both are my colleagues.
My colleagues welcomed me very warmly.
I have many colleagues.