縦割り行政

たてわりぎょうせい

Also written 縦割行政

Meanings

1. Noun vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms

Kanji

• 縦 vertical. Read as たて.
• 割 divide. Read as わり.
• 行 line. Read as ギョウ.
• 政 government. Read as セイ.

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