government; administration; ministry
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
Osaka Prefecture (Kinki area)
Kyoto Prefecture (Kinki area)
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
government forces; government troops
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
government body; government agency
parties in government; the government and the ruling parties
within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka); (arch.) within the town limits of Edo
high (government) official
provincial capital (under the ritsuryō system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
government-affiliated; state-dominated; government-run
new government; new administration
self-government; autonomous government; devolved government (e.g. in the UK)
governments of various countries
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
government plane (esp. for transporting senior politicians, etc.)
the government; Administration
parties in government; the government and the ruling parties
Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate
interim government; provisional government; caretaker government
Osaka Prefectural Police (abbr)
government departments; ministries and agencies
assize; court; legislature
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); Edo shogunate
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
Official Development Assistance; ODA
prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto)
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryō system); provincial capital
highest institute of education
going to the capital (esp. of a samurai or daimyo during the Edo period)
naval district (of the Imperial Japanese Navy); naval station; military base (for suppressing Emishi; in ancient Japan)
anarchy; state of anarchy
prefectural police (Osaka or Kyoto)
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
Minister of the Interior (669-1868); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945)
dazaifu (under the ritsuryō system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)
government sources; official quarters
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
(Osaka, Kyoto) party chapter
all prefectures (of Japan)
suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture
prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectural road (in Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures)
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
small government; limited government
Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)
establishment of the shogunate; founding a shogunate
entering the metropolitan area
Osaka Prefecture University
House of Good Sense (nickname of the House of Councillors)
Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)
Nationalist Government (of the Republic of China; 1924-1948)
prefectural assembly member (in Osaka or Kyoto Prefectures)
(under) urban prefectural management (Osaka or Kyoto)
non-governmental organization; non-governmental organisation; NGO
path to the netherworld (underworld); Hades; Hell
government dominated by the former domain cliques (Meiji-Taishō era); han-clique government; domain-clique government
e-government; electronic government
government property; government owned
Prime Minister's office; PMO
prefectural assembly member (in Osaka or Kyoto Prefectures)
land under the direct control of the shogunate
prefectural government (of Osaka or Kyoto)
Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)
ministerial aide; government delegate
Minister of State for Special Missions
Kyoto Prefectural University
Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office
Palestinian Authority; Palestinian National Authority
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder)
Government-General of Korea (supreme Japanese governing body established in 1910 following annexation)
Residency-General of Korea (Japanese governing body established in 1905)
Chongqing government (Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War)
Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture
democratic government; democratically elected government
Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995)
the three urban prefectures (Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka)
Music Bureau (Han dynasty; government office responsible for collecting folk songs); yuefu (genre of Chinese poetry composed in a folk song style)
Director General of Prime Minister's Office
government funding; government-financed
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
fertile land; deep scholarship
administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
government-managed health insurance
Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952-1972)
government-controlled rice
government subsidy; government grant
fountainhead of culture; Ministry of Education
prefectural residents' tax (in Kyoto or Osaka)
balance wheel (in a watch); balance
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
government-guaranteed bond
government whose core support comes from labourers and farmers (esp. the Soviet government)
within the town limits of Edo
within the town limits of Edo
urban prefectural tax (of Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectural system (as existed from 1890-1947)
prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka)
royal government (esp. Ryukyu Kingdom)
Protectorate General to Pacify the East (Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE)
Protectorate General to Pacify the North (Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE)
Protectorate General of the Western Regions (Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE)
Protectorate General of Annam (Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE)
Protectorate General to Pacify the West (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE)
Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands (Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE)
Protectorate General of Beiting (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE)
government-managed insurance
government office; public office
prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures)
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
government-backed institution; government sponsored enterprise; GSE
high-quality tobacco produced in Kokubu (Kagoshima prefecture)
high-quality tobacco produced in Kokubu (Kagoshima prefecture)
prefectural university (Osaka or Kyoto)
Kyoto Prefectural Insho-domoto Museum of Fire Arts
Juvenile Problems Section in the Prime Minister's Office
Osaka Prefectural College of Nursing
Osaka Prefectural Library
Prefectural Labour Standards Office
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization; IMCO
Hifuryaku (Japanese proto-encyclopedia)
barred button quail (Turnix suscitator)