Vice Minister - Suke

Japanese: 次官 - すけ

〘Noun〙① Under the Ritsuryo system, the second of the four ranks of official. Below the Chief Justice (kami) and above the Magistrate (jo) . Assists the Chief Justice and also acts as his deputy. The character for "suke" differs depending on the office. Time. ※Shoki (720), August, 1st year of the Taika era (Kitano Honin) "The Chief Justice (kami) had nine attendants. The Vice Minister (suke) had seven attendants." [Wamyosho, 20 volumes (around 934)]② An official position established by the new Meiji government between February 1868 ( 1868 ) and November 1869 (1866), which refers to the deputy chief of each office. The characters differ depending on the office. [Additional notes] The following characters are assigned depending on the office, or the position corresponds to it. In the Jingikan, it is Vice, Chunagon, and Sangi in the Daijokan. The following were the ranks: Suke (Ministry), Ryo (Bo/Office), Suke (Ryo), Sa (Efu), Dai/Shoni (Dazaifu), Suke (Kuni), Shoryo (Gun), etc. There were different ranks depending on the government office, and the equivalent ranks of each differed.

Ji-kan Kwan [Vice Minister]

〘 noun 〙 (formerly also called "shikan") 1. An official position second only to the chief minister. *Saikoku Risshihen (1870-71), translated by Nakamura Masanao, Vol. 1, "A person who was the vice minister of Kabitan. " 2. Under the ritsuryo system, the second-ranking official position among the four ranks of official: chief minister (kami) , vice minister (suke) , judge ( jo), and chief clerk (sakan) . [Iroha Jiruisho (1177-81)] 3. An assistant body to the minister placed in each ministry and in an office headed by a Minister of State. It organizes the affairs of the ministry and the office and oversees the affairs of each bureau. Administrative vice minister. *Hanamama Uguisu (1887-88), Suehiro Tetsucho, Vol. 2, "The vice minister of a certain ministry called Takayama was..."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 令制で、四等官の第二番目。長官(かみ)の下、判官(じょう)の上位。長官を補佐し、代理もする。官司により「すけ」の文字が異なる。じかん。※書紀（720）大化元年八月（北野本訓）「其の長官(かみ)に従者(ともならむひと)は九人。次官(スケ)に従者は七人」〔二十巻本和名抄（934頃）〕② 明治の新政府が明治元年（一八六八）二月から同三年一一月にかけて設置した官職で、各役所の次長。官によって字が異なる。[補注]各官司によって次の字をあてたり、官を相当させたりする。神祇官では副、太政官では大納言・中納言・参議がこれにあたる。以下、輔（省）、亮（坊・職）、助（寮）、佐（衛府）、大・少弐（大宰府）、介（国）、少領（郡）など。官司によって大少の別があり、それぞれ相当位も異なる。

じ‐かん ‥クヮン【次官】

〘名〙 (古くは「しかん」とも)① 官職で、長官に次ぐもの。※西国立志編（1870‐71）〈中村正直訳〉一「加比丹(カビテイン)の次官なる人」② 令制で、長官(かみ)・次官(すけ)・判官(じょう)・主典(さかん)の四等官のうちの第二位の官職。〔色葉字類抄（1177‐81）〕③ 各省および国務大臣が長となる庁に置かれる大臣の補佐機関。省務・庁務を整理し各部局の事務を監督する。事務次官。※花間鶯（1887‐88）〈末広鉄腸〉下「高山某と云ふ或る省の次官は」

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