縦割行政 – vocab dash

縦たて割わり行ぎょう政せい

Meanings

Noun

1. vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms

Other spellings

縦たて割わり行ぎょう政せい

Kanji used

縦vertical 割divide 行go 政politics

Composed of

縦たて

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship); hierarchy; (weaving) warp

Noun

割わり

rate; ratio; proportion; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment; allotment; allocation; …

Noun

行ぎょう政せい

executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities; authority

Noun