だいじん
Meanings
Noun
1. cabinet minister
Pitch accent
いじん
Used in vocabulary (44 in total)
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
Minister of Education
Minister of the Environment
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
vice minister
Minister of Finance
Minister of Finance
minister of state; cabinet minister (Japan)
Minister of Justice
Home Minister (pre-1947)
Minister of Defense; Minister of Defence
Army Minister; Minister of War
Minister of the Navy
Minister of Construction
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce (Meiji-Taisho)
Minister of the Imperial Household
Minister of Justice
Minister of Health and Welfare
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Minister of Communications and Transportation (1885-1949)
Minister of Transport
Minister of Home Affairs
Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
State Minister in Charge of Financial Affairs
Minister for Reconstruction
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Minister of International Trade and Industry
Minister of Labour
nominal (figurehead) minister; titular minister
parliamentary secretary
the cabinet minister in charge
minister without a portfolio
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy
State Minister in Charge of Postal Services Privatization
State Minister in Charge of Regulatory Reform
State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy
Examples (4 in total)
I spoke to the minister himself.
The minister was obliged to resign from the cabinet.
Government ministers are certain to welcome such proposals.