Keyword
colleague
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1842
Readings
りょう
(100%)
Composed of
thin person
fuel used for sacrifices
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
cabinet ministers
staff; staff officer
consort plane
elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official
colleague; workmate; comrade; coworker
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
cabinet meeting; meeting of ministers
subordinates; petty officials
a subordinate (official)
new bureaucrats; right-wing, pro-military bureaucrats who gained prominence in the Home Ministry after the Manchurian Incident (1931)
bureaucratic government
bureaucratization; bureaucratisation
public servant; government official
initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians)
ministerial council; council of ministers
debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy
many government officials; all the officials
low-ranking official
Examples (21 in total)
Both are my colleagues.
My colleagues welcomed me very warmly.
I have many colleagues.