政府
せいふ · seifu · JLPT N3 · noun
government
🏛️ 政府 = govern (政) + seat of office (府): the office that governs
政 is the せい in 政治 (seijі, politics), and 府 is the ふ in 大阪府 (Osaka Prefecture), meaning an official seat or bureau. Put them together and you get the body that runs the country: the government.