外郭団体
がいかくだんたい auxiliary organization (organisation); extra-departmental body
Why it means this
外郭 (peripheral, outlying) + 団体 (organisation) — a semi-official body set up on the fringes of a ministry.
Breakdown
- 外 そと outside
- 郭 くるわ enclosure, quarters, fortification
- 団 かたまり group, association
- 体 からだ body, substance, object
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