国営(こくえい)

こくえい
noun, no-adjective
state-run; government-operated
formalpoliticseconomics
1. state-run; government-operated
Run directly by the national government, as a business, facility or service.
国営(こくえい)企業(きぎょう)を民営化(みんえいか)する。
To privatize a state-owned company.
その国(くに)の石油(せきゆ)会社(がいしゃ)は国営(こくえい)だ。
That country's oil company is state-run.
日本(にほん)の郵便(ゆうびん)事業(じぎょう)は長(なが)く国営(こくえい)だったが、2007年(ねん)に民営化(みんえいか)された。
Japan's postal service was state-run for a long time, but it was privatized in 2007.

Common collocations

  • 国営(こくえい)企業(きぎょう): state-owned enterprise
  • 国営(こくえい)放送(ほうそう): state broadcasting
  • 国営(こくえい)公園(こうえん): park run directly by the national government

Related words

Watch out

NHK is not 国営(こくえい)放送(ほうそう): it is a public broadcaster (公共放送(こうきょうほうそう)) funded by viewers' fees.

Related Words

Related: 民営(みんえい) (privately run)
Related: 公営(こうえい) (run by a public body, usually a local…)
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Added 2026.10.20 22:05 · Revised 2026.10.20 22:07
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