ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
ministries and government offices; the authorities
energy conservation; economical use of energy
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
reflection; consideration
Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; Ministry of Defence (UK, etc.)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)
Department of the Imperial Household
in the ministry; in the department
Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Ministry of the Environment
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (Meiji-Taisho)
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
ministry proper; home office; head office; this ministry; this department
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
Ministry of Tourism (Brazil, India, New Zealand, etc.); Department of Tourism (South Africa, Philippines, etc.)
labor saving; labour saving
the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
(former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
conservation of electric power
central government ministries and agencies
Ministry of Religious Education (1872-1877)
Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
Shandong Province (China)
ministry in charge of military affairs (ritsuryo period); military command body (early Meiji period)
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
energy conservation; economical use of energy; energy-saving
abbreviation; abbreviated style
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
Department of Education (e.g. USA, Australia); Ministry of Education
Zhejiang Province (China)
Ministry of Culture (e.g. in China)
Ministry of Justice (1869-1871 CE); Ministry of Justice (under the ritsuryo system)
Guangdong Province (China); Canton; Kwangtung
Department of State Affairs (Tang-dynasty China)
Secretariat (Tang-dynasty China)
the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system)
manpower reduction; personnel saving
labor saving; reduction of labor
Department of Health; Ministry of Health
the said ministry; the same ministry
Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
Chancellery (Tang-dynasty China)
a certain ministry; an unspecified ministry
Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871); Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
Home Ministry Police Affairs Bureau (1876-1947)
Ministry of Home Affairs (1960-2001)
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
Statistics Bureau of Japan; SBJ; (lit.) Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
interests of a ministry; departmental interests
person from one's own province (China); person whose ancestors lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang-related immigration wave
Heilongjiang Province (China)
Liaoning Province (China)
provincial capital (of China)
(Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
Bunten exhibition; annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)
energy-saving measures; energy-saving strategy
government departments; ministries and agencies
Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...
operated by the government
abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages
person from outside one's own province (China); person who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII; mainlander
registration (of change in real estate rights) with all right holders but the initial and final omitted; middle omission registration
special low power transceiver (wireless)
service at the head office; work at the home office
omitted tag minimization parameter
Ministry of Civil Administration (under the ritsuryo system)
Japan's 2001 central government restructuring
National Military Establishment (forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense; 1947-1949)
each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; (lit.) when there are ministries, there is no country
textbook approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; government-approved textbook
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health and War); three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory and Dept. of State Affairs)
Minister for Culture and Tourism
simplification of a kanji
Department of Defense (Defence)
ellipsis points (e.g. ...); suspension points; apostrophe
energy-saving power strip (power board)