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jmdict 1457910 Active (id: 1986675)
<entry id="1986675" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1457910</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>内閣</keb>
<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf01</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ないかく</reb>
<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
<re_pri>news1</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf01</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>cabinet (of a government)</gloss>
<gloss>ministry</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-08-29 18:37:37" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"Ministry" isn't right.
Not [adj-no].</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -18,3 +18 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adj-no;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;cabinet&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;(government) ministry&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;cabinet (of a government)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-08-30 00:01:38" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>In BrEng, AusEng, etc. "cabinet" and "ministry" are close to synonyms.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>リーダーズ+プラス "ministry" entry:
2a ...《特に英国または欧州の政府の》全閣僚, 内閣.
	・form a ministry 内閣を組織する.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;ministry&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-08-30 20:13:34" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Are they? To me (a BrE speaker), a cabinet is a group of senior ministers (which includes the PM), whereas a ministry is a government department headed by a minister.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-08-30 22:20:08" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_refs>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_(
collective_executive)</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-08-30 22:53:07" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Sounds like 内閣 is a good fit there.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Shorter OED: "ministry ... 3. collect. The body of executive officers responsible for the functions of the government or the law; now spec. the ministers responsible for the administration of a country or State. ..."</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-08-30 23:40:49" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>OK. I concede I was wrong. I'd forgotten about this usage.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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