Kanji
Readingしょう
Frequency35%
Used in (135 in total)
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
ministries and government offices; the authorities
Ministry of Defense
energy conservation; economical use of energy
Ministry of Finance
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 Justice
Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)
Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
government railway line
Department of the Imperial Household
in the ministry; in the department
Department of the Navy
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Ministry of the Environment
each ministry
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
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
ministry proper; home office; head office; this ministry; this department
Ministry of Tourism (Brazil, India, New Zealand, etc.); Department of Tourism (South Africa, Philippines, etc.)
the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities
Henan Province (China)
labor saving; labour saving
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
(former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
Hebei Province (China)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
conservation of electric power
Ministry of Religious Education (1872-1877)
central government ministries and agencies
Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
Ministry of Construction
Anhui Province (China)
ministry in charge of military affairs (ritsuryo period); military command body (early Meiji period)
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
abbreviation; abbreviated style
energy conservation; economical use of energy; energy-saving
Shandong Province (China)
Hubei Province (China)
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Gansu Province (China)
ministerial ordinance
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
Ministry of Transport
Department of Education (e.g. USA, Australia); Ministry of Education
Zhejiang Province (China)
Yunnan Province (China)
Fujian 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
Jiangsu Province (China)
labor saving; reduction of labor
Department of Health; Ministry of Health
Department of Commerce
Shanxi Province (China)
the said ministry; the same ministry
Shaanxi Province (China)
Jilin Province (China)
Ministry of Central Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
Hunan Province (China)
Jiangxi Province (China)
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)
Guizhou Province (China)
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
Bunten exhibition; annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)
energy-saving measures; energy-saving strategy
Qinghai Province (China)
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
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
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
service at the head office; work at the home office
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
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
Hainan Province (China)
simplification of a kanji
Department of Defense (Defence)
ellipsis points (e.g. ...); suspension points; apostrophe
energy-saving power strip (power board)