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院政, いんせい

  • insei

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

  • government by cloistered emperors

Examples of 院政,いんせい in a Sentence

その会社では、会長が院政を敷いていて、社長はお飾りにすぎない。
The "retired" president of that company runs the whole show from behind the scenes, so the current president is nothing but a figurehead.

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