縦割行政

たてわりぎょうせいtatewarigyousei

noun

  1. vertically segmented administrative system
  2. overcompartmentalized bureaucracy
  3. system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency
  4. (bureaucratic) sectionalism
  5. interministerial rivalry
  6. bureaucratic fiefdoms

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences