兵部省

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
兵	部	省
ひょう Grade: 4	ぶ Grade: 3	しょう Grade: 4
goon

兵部 (“Ministry of War”) +‎ 省 (“ministry”). Unlike in China, Korea and Vietnam, 部 has never been used to mean "ministry" and was merely fossilized in ministry names borrowed from Chinese, hence the apparent redundancy.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひょーぶしょー [hyòóbúꜜshòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ço̞ːbɯ̟ɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

兵(ひょう)部(ぶ)省(しょう) • (Hyōbushō) ^{←ひゃうぶしゃう (Fyaubusyau)?}

1. (historical, government, military) the Ministry of War

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
兵	部	省
つわもの(の) Grade: 4	- Grade: 3	つかさ Grade: 4
kun'yomi	irregular	kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
兵司

兵 (tsuwamono, “soldier”) +‎ の (no, genitive marker) +‎ 司 (tsukasa, “position”)

Proper noun

兵(つわものの)部省(つかさ) • (Tsuwamono no Tsukasa) 

1. (historical, government, military) the Ministry of War

See also

• 八(はっ)省(しょう) (Hasshō)