place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
research institute; (research) laboratory
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
here and there; in places
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
each place; various places
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
government office; public office
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
clinic; medical office; infirmary
bathroom antechamber; dressing room; sink area; changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
secret place; hidden place; female genitalia; the underworld; the other world
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
station; office; guardroom
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
opinion; intention; thought
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
municipal office; council; city hall
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
cache; place to hide something
famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
high place; high ground; height; broad (point of) view
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
things at hand; personal belongings
money in one's possession
the right person in the right place
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
place to die; place of death
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
military station; post; quarters; police station (early Meiji era)
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
view; opinion; finding; findings
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
everywhere; all over the place; here and there; at every turn
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
power plant; power station
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
check station; checkpoint
bored; having nothing to do; idle
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard
press; print shop; printing office
ward office; council (regional)
emergency evacuation site (typically outdoors); refuge shelter
consultation office; information center; bureau; agency
staff member; station employee; official
guardhouse; sentry box; checkpoint (Edo period); town magistrate's office (Edo period)
depository; storage area; storage location; storage site
child consultation center; children's welfare center
place to put something; storage space
time required; time taken; necessary time
police substation; residential police box
staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
magistrate's office (Edo period); territory under a magistrate's jurisdiction
inside an office, laboratory, power plant, etc.
fear of heights; acrophobia
here and there; everywhere
creche; day nursery; day-care center
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
district court; local court
address; lodgings; accommodation
training institute; school; driving school
various places; several sources
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
part; section; part of the body; affected part (of the body); local (e.g. anesthesia); topical
to take up space; to occupy space
admission (to an institute, nursery school, facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; incarceration; internment
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
meeting place; club; workplace (Edo period); office
smoking area; smoking corner
business office; place of business
result; fruit (of); product (of)
nursery school; day care center; day nursery
belief; conviction; opinion
branch office; police box; local police station
to keep a house; to run a household
independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
separate place; another place; newly cultivated land
recreation facility (usu. corporate-owned and for the exclusive use of the corporation's employees); rest home; retreat center
place to go; place one can go
included (in a publication); carried; printed
publishing house; publishing office
one's land; one's estate; domain; demesne
the same place; the same address; the said place
law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office
bureaucratic routine; red tape
to become domesticated; to be worn out (from domestic life); to go to seed
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
temple which issues amulets
nuclear power plant; nuclear power station
confined place; closing (an institution, office, clinic, etc.)
taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office; police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station
address book; list of addresses; mailing list
factory; manufactory; works; mill
abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber
establishment; place of business; business site; office; (production) facility
prison; jail; slammer; pen
required; needed; necessary
right place; right position; right post
place of enshrinement; morgue; mortuary
dark place; unlit spot; darkness
throne; (the place of) a nobleman's seat
unearned income; investment income; passive income
Kōbusho; martial arts training institute established by the Edo shogunate in 1854
given (e.g. conditions); given thing; data; sense datum
farmers' market; farm shop
administration office; management office
tollgate; tollbooth; tollhouse
explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
private office; private practice
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
architect's office; architectural design firm
private ownership; private property
thermal power station (i.e. using combustion)
place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival
gap; hole; confiscation of property (Edo period); punishment involving exile and expropriation (Edo period); estate lacking a feudal lord (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
expected; anticipated; hoped for; expectation
temple office (for receiving offerings or donations); office for storing land taxes
married man or woman; housekeeping
article (in a collection, etc.); piece
place where one works; team to which one belongs; place of employment
polling place; polling station
illegal possession; unlawful possession
local anesthesia; local anaesthesia
public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels)
leaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.); retiring
juvenile prison; juvenile corrective institution
field office (of a construction company)
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
person admitted (to a care facility, training institution, etc.); inmate
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
hydroelectric plant or power station
places of scenic beauty and historical interest
place of death; place to die
general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
to gain experience; to grow accustomed (to something)
institute for general research; multidiscipline laboratory
nyctophobia; fear of the dark; scotophobia
dance (in kabuki); dance play
breaking through a checkpoint (Edo period); sneaking past a barrier
low income group; low income class
medical office; (out-patient) clinic
opening (of a new office, facility, etc.)
having no income; state of nonattachment; lack of attachment; not seeking anything
printed; published; noted or mentioned (in a publication)
police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station
economic research institute
broad perspective; broad view; broader point of view
geothermal power plant; geothermal power station
act; deed; one's doing; cause; reason
(letterpress) printing house
location where a magical being resides; cursed place where disaster after disaster occurs
Bell Laboratories; Bell Labs
welfare office; social security office
laboratory; testing station; research facility
88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)
disposable income; disposable personal income; DPI
carpentry shop; woodworking plant; sawmill
office for rent; office to let
International Court of Justice; ICJ
outside an office, laboratory, power plant, etc.
Tokyo Stock Exchange; TSE
religious court; the Inquisition
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
government property; government owned
gas station; petrol station; filling station; service station; fuel depot
spawning grounds; egg-laying site
(Japanese) Court of Impeachment
claustrophobia; fear of confined spaces
address (of a letter, parcel, etc.); destination
large income earner; people in the higher income brackets
total income; gross earnings
steelworks; steel mill; steelmaking plant
vagrant; transient lifestyle
temporary lodging built to accommodate an Imperial visit
under one's jurisdiction; having jurisdiction
place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival
intellectual property rights
International Criminal Court; ICC
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)
official sumo tournament (six per year); Grand Sumo Tournament; honbasho
income concealment; (income) tax evasion
Kanrikogaku Kenkyusho, Ltd.
priestling; minor temple officer; temple treasurer
high income; high earnings
person released from prison; released inmate
one's time (e.g. to go on stage); one's turn; source; origin; place of production
architectural firm; architectural company
88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)
tax deduction; deduction from taxable income; income exemptions and deductions
National Research Institute of Police Science
discouraged person; (like a) sheep being led to a slaughterhouse
Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)
coming to an office, laboratory, etc.
wind farm; windfarm; wind power station
aerial work platform; elevating work platform; boom lift; bucket truck; cherry picker
communications laboratory
income amount; gross income
court injunction; court order
annual income; annual earnings
if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness
crash site (esp. aircraft)
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; NAIST
concavity; hollow; depression
mausoleum; graveyard; cemetery
staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
Spring Tournament (held in Osaka in March)
temporary protective custody facility; temporary care center
illegal possession; unlawful possession
article (in a collection, etc.); piece
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics; NINJAL; Kokken
place guarded by soldiers; torpedo room
Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books
public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels)
another place; somewhere else; elsewhere; (arch.) moving (to another place)
service point; agency; office
lacking a portfolio (of a minister of state, etc.)
allopatry; heterotopy; heterotopia; allopatric; aberrant
thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
damaged spot; damaged part
ticket booth; ticket sales counter
new household (e.g. after marriage); new home
The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI
the passive; passive voice
thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons
competent court; court having jurisdiction (over a matter); court of competent jurisdiction; court of jurisdiction
making regular visits to a social welfare facility
place containing a Buddhist image; place containing a Buddha; pure land; independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward)
gagaku training place (Heian era); place for playing instruments
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
Autumn Tournament (held in Tokyo in September)
domicile; locality of one's residence
Nagasaki Naval Training Center (est. 1855 at the entrance to Dejima)
temporary name of the initial Meiji-era legislative body (1869)
audience seating (noh theater); audience (esp. in noh)
(arch.) birthplace; place of rebirth; place of reincarnation
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
Ōgosho period (between the Kansei Reforms and the Tempo Reforms, approx. 1787-1843)
de-facto embassy; liaison office
Nagoya Tournament (held in July)
animal quarantine station
shelving location of books (in a library)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
gross national income; GNI
pumped storage power plant; pumped storage power station
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
newsagent's shop that exclusively sells newspapers from a particular newspaper company
cancer research institute; cancer research center (centre)
appeals court; appellate court
toilet; lavatory; quiet place
New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)
allowance for non-salaried wrestlers during tournaments
people's ownership; publicly owned
physical findings; physical examination findings
parolee; person on parole (from prison)
circumstances of the office
provincial tournament, held outside Tokyo
having no fear of heights
fixed working hours; prescribed working hours
interest income; income from interest
conversion station (power, frequency); converter station
income certificate; certificate of earnings
Kyushu Tournament (held in Fukuoka in November)
unlicensed nursery; daycare services offered outside of the scope of traditional nurseries
Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute
miscellaneous (sundry) incomes
scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest
Special Income Tax for Reconstruction (of areas affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
family court probation officer
(rights to) industrial property
original court; court of first instance
all rights reserved; copyright reserved
state court (in the US, etc.); state courthouse
designated city or core city required to run its own public health centers
Research Institute for the Japanese Classics (1882-1946)
change of location (address, nursery school, institute, etc.); moving; transfer; moving to a new post (of a judge)
one's place of appointment; one's post
having a hard time getting used to unfamiliar places (of children)
short-term hand-luggage storage
inter-location; inter-company; inter-office
day of admission (at a training institute, etc.); first day
poets can stay in one place and still know all the famous sights
arrival of the wrestlers to the tournament venue
consular office; consulate
unit owner (in a condominium or other multi-unit building)
floating nuclear power station
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute; JAERI
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
minister without portfolio; minister without appointed duties
Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
going elsewhere; travelling afar with one's client (of a geisha, etc.)
court of inquiry; court of enquiry
local time (in relativity theory)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; OHCHR
building consisting of individually owned units, shops, etc.; strata title building; sectional title complex; condominium
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights
national disposable income
unit ownership (in a condominium or other multi-unit building); unit ownership rights
scope of affairs under the jurisdiction
non-local jump; non-local branch
group of independents; usu. informal grouping of independent politicians in the National Diet or in prefectural assemblies
local law; law of the country where a property, etc. is located
Land Transportation Office
incumbent member (or candidate) unaffiliated with a party
Juvenile Classification Home Act
(election) campaign office
photopic vision; daylight vision; photopia
day-care center; day-care centre
Okinawa Office of Telecommunications
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; UNODC
traditional (land) owners (esp. in Australia)
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo; IIS
unregistered owner identifier
The Institute of Cetacean Research
World Intellectual Property Organization (Organisation); WIPO
our (the present) business office
welfare workshop; collaborative workshop
income elasticity of demand
working-storage section (COBOL)
National Institute of Health (former)
Supreme Court of the United States of America; SCOTUS
of no fixed abode; having no fixed address
request for forwarding address; PD PR
representative office (e.g. diplomatic)
income inequality coefficient; Gini coefficient
Naha Harbour and Airport Construction Office
waiting wrestler's sitting cushion
Communications Research Laboratory; CRL
Chugoku National Industrial Research Institute
local address administration
Osaka National Institute, AIST
local density approximation; LDA
the orientation of time and place; awareness of the existing situation
not in keeping with the occasion
infringement of intellectual property rights
International Chamber of Commerce; ICC
scotopic vision; twilight vision
billing address (e.g. credit card)
National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology
Sanko Engineering Corporation
the enemy's key point is yours
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; TRIPS
British Geological Survey; BGS
local modelling transformation
designated evacuation shelter
conservative without party affiliation
US Geological Survey; USGS
Intellectual Property High Court; IPHC
beauty salon; beauty parlor
non-scheduled cash earnings
SRIC Corporation; Sanwa Research Institute Corporation
Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc.
American Geological Institute
income-based levy; per income levy; taxation on income basis
worn haggard by household cares
thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)
thirty-four (orig. thirty-three) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture
county seat; parish seat; borough seat; county town
National Tax Tribunal (Japan)
National Institute of Radiological Sciences; NIRS
National Institute for Education Policy Research
room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian-period palatial-style architecture); room where the emperor usually lives in the imperial palace
Administrative Appeals Tribunal; AAT
support for medical treatment for those on low income; Medicaid
National Research Institute of Agricultural Economics
National Institute for Fusion Science
Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
peak-load station; peaking power plant; peaker plant
licensed nursery; authorized daycare center
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
pension replacement rate; income substitution rate (of the public pension)
sugar refinery; sugar mill
complex regional pain syndrome; CRPS
Shikoku National Industrial Research Institute
Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute; IRI
Protein Engineering Research Institute
provisional residence; temporary residence
Kagakuoyobi Kesseiryōhou Kenkyūsho (corporate name of Kaketsuken); Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute
permanent income hypothesis
sending (someone) to prison
Japan Marine Accident Tribunal; JMAT
government-run workshop of Buddhist sculptors (during the Nara period)
MRP; Material Requirement Planning
Industrial Products Research Institute
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
Institute of Environmental Sciences; IES
income tax cut; income tax reduction
text local coordinate system
Communication Science Laboratories
income tax withheld at the source
court of review; retrial court
Court of Arbitration for Sports
factory mark; manufacturing plant identification mark (on goods)
recommended dietary allowance; RDA
Local Group (of galaxies)
European Court of Justice; Court of Justice of the European Communities
taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office
empty place; unoccupied space
High Court (of Kamakura); Board of Inquiry
job; role; duty; (job of) collecting land tax (feudal Japan); earnings from land tax
hairdresser's room in the residence of the shogun or a noble
palace of a retired emperor
Shiyakushomae Station (Fukui)