Chinese

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stage curtain; tent bureaucrat
trad. (幕僚)
simp. #(幕僚)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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幕僚

  1. (archaic) assistant; aide; advisor (especially to a high ranking officer who offered both accommodation and pay to the said aide)
  2. staff member of a company or government (especially one that plays a supporting role and does not directly generate income for the said organization, e.g. a technician from the IT department of a manufacturing business)

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ばく
Grade: 6
りょう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ばく)(りょう) (bakuryō

  1. (military) staff

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN