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政界 (せいかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

政せい界かい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

political world; political circles; world of politics

Refers to politics as a social and professional sphere, especially politicians, parties, factions, and people connected with political power.

彼かれは三さん十じゅう代だいで政せい界かいに入はいった。
He entered the political world in his thirties.
政せい界かいではその発はつ言げんが大おおきな波は紋

もん

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呼よ

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。

In political circles, that remark caused a major stir.

Kanji

政politics, government
界world, boundary

Similar words

政せい治じ
政治 means politics itself, political affairs, or government as a subject; 政界 means the circle or world of people involved in politics.
財ざい界かい
財界 is the business or financial world; 政界 is the political world. They often appear together when discussing influence between politics and business.
官かん界かい
官界 refers to officialdom or bureaucratic circles, whereas 政界 refers to politicians and the sphere of party politics.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 政 means politics or government, and 界 means world, sphere, or circle. Together they denote the sphere of politics.