割 カツ わ.る • わり • わ.り • わ.れる • さ.く proportion; comparatively; divide; cut; separate; split Grade Level 6 12 Strokes ➥
割鶏牛刀 かっけいぎゅうとう using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem n Advanced ➥
縦割行政 たてわりぎょうせい vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms n yoji Advanced ➥