法務部

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほう
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on'yomi goon

Etymology

Compound of 法務(ほうむ) (hōmu, legal affairs) + () (bu, division,department)

Noun

(ほう)()() (hōmubu

  1. legal affairs department
    • 2015 September 28, Colin P.A. Jones, “Where's the justice? In Japan's legal terminology, it's almost nowhere to be seen”, in The Japan Times, retrieved 2023-04-11:
      Hōmu (法務) just means “legal affairs” and thus might as well be a synonym for “boring” to many people. Corporate legal departments (hōmubu, 法務部) use the same term.