縦割り

たてわり【縦割り】

¶ → 縦割りにする

¶ → 縦割り行政

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たてわり【縦割り】

1 〔上下関係中心の組織〕 (a) vertical [perpendicular] division; division into sections; division on a top-to-bottom basis.

2 〔縦に割ること〕 split [divide, slice, cut] from top to bottom; split vertically [perpendicularly, lengthways, lengthwise].

●竹を縦割りにする split [cut, slice] bamboo lengthways [with the grain].

縦割り行政 (bureaucratic) sectionalism; administration by a compartmentalized [an overcompartmentalized] bureaucracy; a system in which loyalties within ministries hampers overall cooperation.