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How to say 'Prime Minister' in Japanese | 総理大臣

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The Japanese word for Prime Minister is 'Souridaijin', written as 総理大臣 in Japanese.'Prime Minister' in hiragana is そうりだいじん.

    Meaning

    Prime Minister

    Reading

    そうりだいじん

    souridaijin

    Kanji

    General, Total Reason Big Servant, Retainer

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '総理大臣 (そうりだいじん)' means 'Prime Minister.' This term refers to the head of government in Japan, who is responsible for leading the cabinet and implementing national policies. The Prime Minister is appointed by the Emperor after being designated by the National Diet. Example usage: The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister 「その会議には総理大臣が出席した」 (そのかいぎにはそうりだいじんがしゅっせきした). The Prime Minister announced new policies 「総理大臣が新しい政策を発表した」 (そうりだいじんがあたらしいせいさくをはっぴょうした).

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N2

    Kanji Grade

    5

    Frequency

    7374

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 総理大臣

This word contains 4 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    General, Total

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Reason

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Big

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Servant, Retainer

Words Related to 総理大臣 Through the Kanji

These 8 Words contain the Kanji 総 as well.

  • word

    Meaning

    Total

  • word

    総会

    Meaning

    Meeting

  • word

    総理

    Meaning

    Premier

  • word

    総務

    Meaning

    General affairs

  • word

    総額

    Meaning

    Total

  • word

    総合

    Meaning

    Integration

  • word

    総数

    Meaning

    Total

  • word

    総裁

    Meaning

    President

Words Related to 総理大臣 Through the Kanji

These 33 Words contain the Kanji 理 as well.

  • word

    理由

    Meaning

    Reason

  • word

    料理

    Meaning

    Cooking, Cuisine

  • word

    無理

    Meaning

    Impossible

  • word

    理論

    Meaning

    Theory

  • word

    理科

    Meaning

    Science

  • word

    修理

    Meaning

    Repair

  • word

    心理

    Meaning

    Psychology

  • word

    管理

    Meaning

    Management

  • word

    処理

    Meaning

    Processing, Disposal

  • word

    理想

    Meaning

    Ideal

  • word

    論理

    Meaning

    Logic

  • word

    原理

    Meaning

    Principle

  • word

    生理

    Meaning

    Menstruation, Physiology

  • word

    代理

    Meaning

    Proxy

  • word

    合理

    Meaning

    Rationality

  • word

    義理

    Meaning

    Duty, Obligation

  • word

    合理的

    Meaning

    Rational

  • word

    整理

    Meaning

    Organize, Sort

  • word

    物理

    Meaning

    Physics

  • word

    理事

    Meaning

    Director

  • word

    倫理

    Meaning

    Ethics

  • word

    理念

    Meaning

    Philosophy

  • word

    真理

    Meaning

    Truth

  • word

    理性

    Meaning

    Reason

  • word

    理屈

    Meaning

    Logic, Reasoning

  • word

    総理

    Meaning

    Premier

  • word

    地理

    Meaning

    Geography

  • word

    Meaning

    Reason

  • word

    調理

    Meaning

    Cooking

  • word

    理解

    Meaning

    Understanding

  • word

    論理的

    Meaning

    Logical

  • word

    無理矢理

    Meaning

    Forcibly

  • word

    理系

    Meaning

    Science

Words Related to 総理大臣 Through the Kanji

These 73 Words contain the Kanji 大 as well.

  • word

    大好き

    Meaning

    Love

  • word

    大きい

    Meaning

    Big

  • word

    大学生

    Meaning

    Student

  • word

    大きな

    Meaning

    Big

  • word

    大学

    Meaning

    University

  • word

    大きさ

    Meaning

    Size

  • word

    大変

    Meaning

    Difficult, Serious

  • word

    大切

    Meaning

    Important

  • word

    大丈夫

    Meaning

    Okay

  • word

    大事

    Meaning

    Important, Precious

  • word

    最大

    Meaning

    Maximum

  • word

    大使館

    Meaning

    Embassy

  • word

    大学院

    Meaning

    Graduate school

  • word

    拡大

    Meaning

    Expansion, Magnification

  • word

    大臣

    Meaning

    Minister

  • word

    大幅

    Meaning

    Greatly

  • word

    大量

    Meaning

    Large quantity

  • word

    大嫌い

    Meaning

    Hate

  • word

    巨大

    Meaning

    Huge

  • word

    大抵

    Meaning

    Usually

  • word

    大げさ

    Meaning

    Exaggerated

  • word

    大水

    Meaning

    Flood

  • word

    大統領

    Meaning

    President

  • word

    大人

    Meaning

    Adult

  • word

    大家

    Meaning

    Landlord

  • word

    大雨

    Meaning

    Heavy rain

  • word

    大雪

    Meaning

    Heavy snow

  • word

    大通り

    Meaning

    Avenue

  • word

    重大

    Meaning

    Serious

  • word

    大戦

    Meaning

    Great war

  • word

    大いに

    Meaning

    Greatly

  • word

    大急ぎ

    Meaning

    Hurry

  • word

    大型

    Meaning

    Large

  • word

    大勢

    Meaning

    Crowd

  • word

    大陸

    Meaning

    Continent

  • word

    大手

    Meaning

    Front, Major

  • word

    大声

    Meaning

    Loud voice

  • word

    大した

    Meaning

    Great, Not much

  • word

    大会

    Meaning

    Tournament

  • word

    大衆

    Meaning

    Masses

  • word

    大使

    Meaning

    Ambassador

  • word

    大半

    Meaning

    Majority

  • word

    大蔵省

    Meaning

    Finance ministry

  • word

    大名

    Meaning

    Feudal lord

  • word

    大喜び

    Meaning

    Delight

  • word

    大分

    Meaning

    Considerably

  • word

    偉大

    Meaning

    Great

  • word

    大麦

    Meaning

    Barley

  • word

    大根

    Meaning

    Radish

  • word

    大将

    Meaning

    General, Boss

  • word

    大金

    Meaning

    Large amount of money

  • word

    Meaning

    Big

  • word

    大小

    Meaning

    Size, Importance

  • word

    大体

    Meaning

    Mostly

  • word

    大して

    Meaning

    Not much

  • word

    大人しい

    Meaning

    Quiet

  • word

    大地

    Meaning

    Earth

  • word

    大工

    Meaning

    Carpenter

  • word

    短大

    Meaning

    Junior college

  • word

    大部分

    Meaning

    Majority

  • word

    大便

    Meaning

    Feces

  • word

    短期大学

    Meaning

    Junior college

  • word

    増大

    Meaning

    Increase

  • word

    膨大

    Meaning

    Vast, Enormous

  • word

    大豆

    Meaning

    Soybean

  • word

    広大

    Meaning

    Vast

  • word

    大国

    Meaning

    Power, Nation

  • word

    大胆

    Meaning

    Daring, Bold

  • word

    大さじ

    Meaning

    Tablespoon

  • word

    大概

    Meaning

    Mostly

  • word

    大王

    Meaning

    King

  • word

    大層

    Meaning

    Very

  • word

    雄大

    Meaning

    Grand

Words Related to 総理大臣 Through the Kanji

These 2 Words contain the Kanji 臣 as well.

  • word

    大臣

    Meaning

    Minister

  • word

    家臣

    Meaning

    Retainer

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