🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

国家機関

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kokka kikan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
State-body/ˈsteɪtˌbɒd.i/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その国家機関は経済政策を策定する。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An official organization, agency, or institution established and funded by the government to perform specific administrative, regulatory, or public functions.

    "The independent state-body was tasked with overseeing public sector transparency and accountability."
  2. 2

    A collective public authority holding administrative power within a sovereign state.

    "Diplomatic negotiations required approval from the relevant state-body before proceeding."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'state' (from Old French 'estat', ultimately from Latin 'status', meaning condition or standing) and 'body' (from Old English 'bodiq', meaning trunk or physical frame), used historically to denote formal institutional entities established by a government.

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