Definition of 縦割行政 (たてわりぎょうせい)

たてわりぎょうせい

縦割行政

たてわりぎょうせい

tatewarigyousei

View details for kanji: 縦View details for kanji: 割View details for kanji: 行View details for kanji: 政
noun
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vertically segmented administrative system, overcompartmentalized bureaucracy, system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency, (bureaucratic) sectionalism, interministerial rivalry, bureaucratic fiefdoms(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
縦割り行政【たてわりぎょうせい】
Related Kanji
縦 vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward
割 proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
行 going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
政 politics, government