せいふ
Meanings
Noun
1. government; administration; ministry
The military and the government are both for the sake of the people.
Pitch accent
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いふ
Composed of
rule; government; administration
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
Used in vocabulary (60 in total)
Japanese government
new government; new administration
government forces; government troops
federal government
anti-government
world government
self-government; autonomous government; devolved government (e.g. in the UK)
the government; Administration
central government
government body; government agency
high (government) official
provisional government
revolutionary government
governments of various countries
anarchy
state government
government authorities
government sources; official quarters
Nationalist Government (of the Republic of China; 1924-1948)
government-affiliated; state-dominated; government-run
interim government; provisional government; caretaker government
small government; limited government
government dominated by the former domain cliques (Meiji-Taishō era); han-clique government; domain-clique government
parties in government; the government and the ruling parties
both governments
government property; government owned
US government
government plane (esp. for transporting senior politicians, etc.)
ministerial aide; government delegate
puppet government
Official Development Assistance; ODA
government bill
government expenditure
big government
military government
provisional government
Chongqing government (Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War)
non-governmental
democratic government; democratically elected government
e-government; electronic government
government intervention
government-managed health insurance
national tourist board
government-guaranteed bond
government whose core support comes from labourers and farmers (esp. the Soviet government)
authoritarian government
legitimate government
emergency government
local government
government funding; government-financed
government-managed insurance
Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952-1972)
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
government shutdown
government-backed institution; government sponsored enterprise; GSE
government subsidy; government grant
Tourist Authority (UK)
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization; IMCO
Examples (81 in total)
A new government was formed.
They have elected a new government.
The government was overthrown in a revolution.