to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
chance; opportunity; occasion
society; public; community; social studies
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
president (of a society); chairman
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
association; society; organization; organisation
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
social; societal; societary
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
working adult; full-fledged member of society
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
head of the student council; president of the student council
conference room; council room
press conference; news conference
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
vice president (of a club, organization, etc.)
strategy meeting; council of war
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
study group; study meeting
international community; international society
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
board of directors; board of trustees
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
fireworks display; display of fireworks
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
(school) recital; school concert; class presentation; presentation (for a new product, etc.); announcement event; launch event
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
sports-minded; sports-oriented
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
association of like-minded people
council (consultatory, advisory); board of trustees
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
summit meeting; top-level conference
appointment; rendezvous; date
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet); budget committee
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
(political) faction; denomination; communion
congeniality; satisfaction; gratification; critical hit
closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge
organizing committee; organization committee
conference; council; convention
underworld; underside of society
unanimous agreement; unanimity
meeting hall; assembly hall
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
admission (to a society, club, etc.); joining; entrance; enrollment; enrolment; becoming a member
section meeting; division (of a larger organisation); department; section
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
bill (at a restaurant); check
council (deliberative, consultative); commission of inquiry (enquiry)
meeting convened to discuss issues; planning conference; review meeting; feedback session; investigative commission
plenary session; regular session
security firm; security company
informal meeting; get-together (for a chat); gathering (for discussion); colloquium; panel discussion; discussion session
meeting place; assembly hall
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
Japan Innovation Party; Nippon Ishin no Kai; JIP
Nuclear Regulation Authority; NRA
travel agent; travel agency
general meeting of stockholders
inquiry; query; enquiry; query (of a database)
ordinary session of the Diet
session (of a legislature)
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.); the moment of running into each other; the moment of crossing paths
social gathering; get-together; (friendly) meeting
Committee for Election Administration
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
debate; panel discussion; forum
extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
expert panel; advisory committee
telephone conference (between heads of state, etc.)
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
screening meeting; trial meeting; qualifying competition
independent committee; third-party panel
sporting venue; grounds; stadium; competition venue
special committee; ad hoc committee
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
Japan Sumo Association; JSA
conference room; place of assembly
board or officer's meeting
UN Security Council; United Nations Security Council
to pay the bill; to settle an account
social status; social position; social standing
United Nations General Assembly; General Assembly of the United Nations
subcommittee; subworking group; breakout session
International Olympic Committee; IOC
support group; fan club; (election) committee
school inter-class ball-game competition
lower house (parliament, congress, diet)
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
Japan Transport Safety Board; JTSB
victory celebration party; victory banquet
whole-school assembly; assembly of the whole school
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
(private) investigation company; research agency
Federal Reserve Board (US); FRB
the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
English conversation; school for English conversation
rehabilitation (in society)
Japan Fair Trade Commission
railroad corporation; railway company
shipping company; freight company; transport company
neighborhood council; neighbourhood council; residents' association; student council
cabinet meeting; meeting of ministers
signing; autograph session
(political) party convention
photography event; photo session; photo shoot
sales company; distributor
maintenance company; management company; proprietary company
tourism association; tourist association; tourism bureau
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
birthday party; birthday meet-up
corporate group; group businesses; group company; affiliated company
workshop; training course
foreign ministerial conference; meeting of foreign ministers
Commission on the Constitution
Committee on Rules and Administration (Diet); House Steering Committee; Standing Committee for House Management
Japan Football Association
federal parliament; federal congress
informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together
exhibition; exposition; expo; fair
tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission
handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.
teleconference; video conferencing
social studies (school subject)
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
(in-person) meetup (of members of an online community); IRL meetup; offline get-together; offline gathering
working group; task force
chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
National Security Council
draft commission; drafting session; draft meeting
telco; telecommunications company; common carrier
cost of social security; social welfare spending
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
parliament building; parliament house; National Diet Building (Japan); (US) Capitol; Houses of Parliament; National Assembly building
company management; managing a company
New Year's party (held in the beginning of the year, i.e. usually in January)
gathering to remember a deceased person; memorial gathering; farewell party; goodbye party; send-off party
refusing visitors (esp. in a hospital); not allowing visitors
general accounting and finance
content-free chat; idle gossip; watercooler talk
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
farewell party; send-off party; motivational rally
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
Japanese Olympic Committee
labor-relations board; labour-relations board
once-in-a-lifetime encounter; uniquely precious experience; (lit.) one lifetime, one meeting
mobile phone operator; mobile network carrier; cellular company
The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI
liaison group; liaison committee; liaison council
low-cost carrier; LCC; low-cost airline
Japan Association of Corporate Executives
display and sale of new products
to meet someone by chance; to happen upon
Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution
Japan Medical Association
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; APEC
company name; corporate name
church; chapel; synagogue; tabernacle
selection committee; screening committee; nomination committee
accounting; (the) accounting process; account processing
family association; association of families
Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy; CEFP
socio-economics; social economy
local news section; the city desk
working for a company; being employed by a company
business in the Diet; managing Diet affairs
study tour; guided visit; field trip
Joint Plenary Meeting of Party Members of Both Houses of the Diet
chairman of (party) policy bureau; policy chief
cabinet standing committee; House Committee on the Cabinet
on the way home from work; returning from work
legal guardians' association; parents' association (at a school); parent-teacher's meeting
advisory committee (council, panel)
Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
withdrawal (from a society, club, etc.); resignation; secession; unsubscribing (from a mailing list, etc.)
prefectural assembly member
National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC
disparate society; stratified society
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world
visiting room; visitation room
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge
recital; recitation; public reading
annual general meeting; AGM
speech meeting; assembly to hear a speech
educational visit (e.g. by a class); field trip
Diet members' office building
Japanese Council of Social Welfare
civilized society; civilised society
athletic meet (esp. at primary school); sports day; field day
social welfare service corporation
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
preservation society; conservation society
social conditions; social situation; state of society; social landscape; social climate
executive council (usu. of a party); board of governors; general affairs committee
Japan Federation of Bar Associations
summit meeting; meeting of leaders
church; cathedral; chapel
membership card; membership certificate
women's group; women's association
critical hit (esp. in RPGs)
regional tournament; local competition
to smile a smile of satisfaction
bulletin (issued by a society); report; newsletter
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
regularly scheduled press conference
kickoff party; rally; pep party
Yokozuna Deliberation Committee; body that recommends promotion of wrestlers to grand champions
symposium; round-table discussion
club (esp. for devotees or fanciers of some subject or activity)
state legislature; state or provincial parliament
idea commonly accepted by society; socially accepted idea
Legislative Council (deliberative council of the Ministry of Justice)
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly elections
Tomin First no Kai (regional political party in Tokyo)
Security Council of Japan
during a session (of the legislature)
party given in recognition of a person's services
steamship (shipping) company
Japanese Bankers Association
local-news reporter; police reporter; city news reporter
certified public accountant
at last your time has come; I have found you at last
formal meeting (committee, etc.); session; this (the aforementioned, our) association (society, organisation)
Davos Conference; Davos Convention; World Economic Forum
criminal groups and individuals; groups and individuals who seek economic profit through violence, force and fraudulent means; violent criminals, extortionists and racketeers; organized crime; (lit.) anti-social forces
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
economy and society; economic aspects of society
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
advance screening; preview; private showing; trade show
lottery (event); raffle; draw
social order; public order
Committee on Judicial Affairs
person unfit for society; misfit
moderator; host; chairman
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
class meeting; classroom assembly
Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
gathering to remember a deceased person; memorial gathering
private viewing; private showing; sneak preview; inspection of a newly completed home
qualifying tournament; preliminaries; trials; primaries
Federation of Electric Power Companies; FEPC
baseball tournament between non-professional teams sponsored by corporations
round-table conference; roundtable; round-table; round-table meeting
location of a press conference; press conference room
membership registration; member registration; enrolling as a member; subscription
Coordinating Committee for Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions
social page (of newspaper); local news page
Japan Department Stores Association
private military company; mercenary group
Japan Chain Stores Association
Atomic Energy Commission (US)
meeting place; club; workplace (Edo period); office
assembly of the student body (esp. one led by the student council); regular student meeting
social unrest; public anxiety
United Nations Human Rights Council; UNHRC
large company; major corporation; company with over 500 million yen in capital or over 20 billion yen in liabilities
reading circle; reading group; book club
(being) unable to look someone in the eye; (being) too ashamed to face (someone)
Research Commission on the Constitution
plenary session; general meeting; plenum
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
city meeting hall; civic hall; community center
site (e.g. room, building) especially prepared for a meeting (event, etc.)
Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations; Nihon Hidankyo
secret meeting; secret conference
ward assemblyman; ward councillor
Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire
Japan Gymnastic Association; JGA
the socially vulnerable; the weak of society; socially disadvantaged people
summons to appear before the Diet
accountant; accounting clerk; cashier; treasurer
vertically structured society; hierarchical society
track meet; athletic event for recording official times
investigation committee of a local assembly (under Section 100 of the Local Government Act)
national assembly (esp. France)
aging society; ageing society
rival (company); competitor
reserve and consideration (to others)
accounting fraud; irregular accounting
Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
direct discussion; direct talks
phone conference; conference call
consolation party (held after failure or defeat)
social awareness (e.g. in fiction)
association; club; friends of ...
summit meeting; summit conference; top-level meeting
fancy dress ball; costume ball; masquerade ball
Nuclear Safety Commission
town councillor; town council member
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
wholesale company; wholesaler
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
visitor (esp. at a hospital)
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge
(holding of) a solo recital or performance
advisory committee; committee of experts; advisory panel
big athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day
initiation fee; admission fee
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
expert committee; technical committee
telecommunications company; telco
company information session
subcontractor; subcontracting company
Society of Jesus; Jesuits
morning assembly; morning gathering; morning meeting; early morning tea ceremony (on a summer day)
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
social responsibility; social accountability
International Committee of the Red Cross
building company; construction company; architectural firm
Securities and Exchange Commission; SEC
welcome party for new students
Central Social Insurance Medical Council
financing company; credit firm
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Central Council for Education; Central Education Council
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
industrial company; business firm
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
remainder of the Diet session after the creation of the budget
hearing (by a government agency)
withdrawal (from membership of organization, organisation)
poetry party; tanka competition; gathering of tanka poets
membership; membership rights; franchise; seat (e.g. stock exchange)
state or provincial election
Council for Cultural Affairs
International Whaling Commission; IWC
prefectural assembly member
world fair; international exposition
underground world; underground society
private company; private corporation
party to welcome (e.g. new employees) and send off (e.g. retiring employees)
supreme council; high council; Supreme Soviet (former USSR)
memorial service; temple service; memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of the 10th month; in Nichiren Buddhism)
Deliberative Council on Political Ethics
association; club; fan club; supporter's association
accounts section; accounting section
Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association
assembly room; assembly hall; meeting room; community room
special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election
becoming aware; understanding; comprehension
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
visitor (esp. at a hospital)
preparatory meeting; preparatory committee
society regulations; club regulations; constitution
world exposition; international exposition; world fair
licensed social worker; certified social worker
regular member; full member
court of inquiry; court of enquiry
party (esp. for children or the elderly); funfest
organization for local children (for growth via sports, study, service, etc.)
social structure; social organization; fabric of society
ward assembly election; local council election
corporate law; company law; Companies Act
young persons' association
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
Competitiveness Council; Council for Industrial Competitiveness
Personal Information Protection Commission
practice meeting; practice group
extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya
National Economic Council
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association
houses of the Diet being controlled by different parties; (lit.) twisted parliament
attendants at a funeral; mourners
Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
Japan Association of Travel Agents; JATA
treasurer's report; financial report
Corporate Reorganization Act
Japan Weather Association; JWA
location of a press conference; press conference room
extraordinary party convention
social consciousness; social awareness
limited company (company structure for small businesses; abolished in 2006); YK
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
membership card; member's card
wholesale company; wholesaler
animation studio; animation production company
person who has recently entered the workforce (after completing education); new working adult
after-afterparty; third party of the night
Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading; annual New Year's tanka-reading party held at the Imperial Palace
Japan Security Dealers Association; JSDA
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
gōdō gaisha; Japanese LLC; GK; form of business modeled after the American limited liability company
Japanese association; Japanese expat. organization
Friends of Constitutional Government Party (1900-1940)
direct speech (in a text); spoken lines; written dialogue
the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.); the moment of running into each other; the moment of crossing paths
meeting; facing; confronting
aging society; ageing society; graying society
emergency meeting of the upper house of the Diet (in response to dissolution of the lower house)
parliamentarism; parliamentary government
social environment; social conditions
society for the study of manga; manga club
Eastern Orthodox Church; Orthodox Church
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
nominating committee; nomination committee
outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku); (lit.) stewed potato party
National Federation of Health Insurance Societies (Kenporen)
super-aged society; superannuated society
Imperial Household Council
Japan Foreign Trade Council (JFTC)
organization for local children (for growth via sports, study, service, etc.)
Central Disaster Prevention Council
mountaineering club; climbing club
dummy corporation; front company; shell corporation
main party (of the night); first party
scholarship society; educational society; honor society
stand-up dinner party; buffet dinner party
Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan
licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney
National Public Safety Commission
Japan Volleyball Association
state socialism; Nazism; national socialism
National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations
to go to the office; to be at work
Life Insurance Association of Japan
Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
Japan Pediatric Society; JPS
controlled society; regulated society
paying member; paid member; dues-paying member
National Rifle Association of America; NRA
fly (on trousers); flies; zipper
Peshawar-kai (Japanese NGO operating out of Afghanistan and Pakistan)
encouragement rally; pep rally; spirit rally
Regional Banks Association of Japan
hydrogen economy; hydrogen energy based society
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
becoming an issue of public concern; becoming a societal problem
set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet
state legislator; member of state parliament; member of a provincial assembly
pharmacist association; pharmaceutical association
Association of National Universities; National University Association
executive meeting; meeting of the board of directors
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
The General Insurance Association of Japan
attendance (at a meeting)
meeting for reading research papers
student union; student center; students' hall
Japan Amateur Sports Association; JASA
Federal Trade Commission (USA); FTC
committee of the National Diet
emergency press conference; hastily called press conference; impromptu press conference
Gender Equality In Employment Act
elementary school student council
meeting place; seats for the public; restaurant dinner tray; set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet
automobile society; motorized society
theater party; theatre party
eating together while wearing face masks
Japan Casino Regulatory Commission
political rally; political meeting; political gathering
three-cornered conversation
academic meritocracy; education-conscious society; society that places (excessive) emphasis on academic records
missing an opportunity; opportunity loss
Japanese Association of Medical Sciences; JAMS
study group; study session; study meeting
functioning of society; functions of society
Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
kickoff party; rally; pep party
super-ageing society (aging)
social work; social project; social enterprise; social welfare service
inconsiderate; ruthless; merciless; lacking compunction
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
to take part in a conference
(Japanese) National Defense Council (1956-86) (Defence); National Security Council (USA)
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
Continental Congress (US)
spiritism session; seance
peace conference; peace talks
socialization; socialisation
the underworld; lower ranks of society
clear accounting; honest accounting (billing); transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.)
village community (esp. hierarchical, conservative and exclusive); insular community; closed society; ring; cartel; clique
Western Church; Western Christianity
account book; book of account; ledger
Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns
managers' conference; meeting of managers
Nippon Kaigi (right-wing lobbying group); Japan Conference
amateur team; non-professional team; company team
Public Security Examination Commission
extraordinary Diet session; extraordinary session of the Diet; session of the Diet convoked by the Cabinet by need or house request
gathering for friendly discussion
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
conference with much socializing but little real progress; (lit.) the congress dances (but doesn't progress)
cancelling a meeting; adjournment of a meeting (due to lack of attendance)
Baseball Writers' Association of America
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
exhibition and sale (of paintings); display with the exhibits on sale
meeting to show respect for the aged
adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy
social relationship; social context
merchandise handout event; event where fans receive some item directly from a performer (voice actors, idols, etc.)
board of company auditors
chairman of board of directors
drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
ministerial council; council of ministers
first session (trading day) of the year
the four most important tournaments in a particular sport; grand slam tournaments; majors
member magazine; newsletter (for members)
awards ceremony recognizing excellence (e.g. in sake or natto)
company that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
video conferencing system
social conditions; social circumstances
last session (trading day, trading) of the year
Triad (secret Chinese society usually associated with organized crime)
Japan-U.S. Businessmen's Conference
Investment Trusts Association, Japan
bogus company; paper company
guarantor; guarantor company
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research; JFCR
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; JSPS
movie viewing event; film screening; movie screening; movie night
association of people from the same prefecture
Kansai Economic Federation
company person; company man; company woman; corporate soldier
societal mood; social context
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
Japanese Council of Social Welfare
(pet) adoption fair; pet transfer meeting
association of reservists
Council for Gender Equality
pay-your-own-way system (e.g. for a wedding reception); entrance fee system; membership fee system
breakfast restaurant (of a hotel, etc.)
conversational ability; speaking ability
ceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead
student body; student council
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
Soka Gakkai (lay organization based on Nichiren Buddhism)
Okinawa Socialist Masses Party
Japan Broadcasting Corporation; Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai; NHK
reference check (e.g. for a job)
Federal Communications Commission (USA); FCC
(material) recycling society; recycling-oriented society
Estates General; States-General
spiritism session; seance
Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office
Eiken Foundation of Japan; (formerly) Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP)
Japan Library Association
this company; this organization; this association
Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association
Kōchikai (historically the most liberal faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Kishida faction
Anglican Church; Protestant Episcopal Church
African National Congress; ANC
English conversation school
company information; corporate profile; company brochure
attendance; those present
meeting for the first time; first meeting
association of salaried wrestlers
Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation; JKATF
the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.); the moment of running into each other; the moment of crossing paths
to take the opportunity (to do something); to take the chance
Society of Jesus; Jesuits
Unification Church (new religious movement); Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
communal consumption of offerings after a ritual
Pugwash conferences (series of international conferences promoting the peaceful application of science)
association of kindred spirits
Central Labor Relations Commission
online drinking party; drinking party using a video platform (Skype, Zoom, etc.)
Anglican Church; Church of England
Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction
Library of Congress; parliamentary library
recreational get-together
social class; social strata; social scale
gathering to remember a dead person; memorial meeting
competitive exhibition; prize show
social security number (USA); SSN
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
person unfit for society; misfit
after-afterparty; third party of the night
antisociality; antisocial nature
balance inquiry (of a bank account)
(study of) accounting; accountancy
Friends of Constitutional Government Party (1900-1940)
service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival
social contract; social compact; FIS xref
cherry blossom viewing party
Japan Socialist Party (1945-1996; succeeded by the Social Democratic Party of Japan); JSP
to withdraw from a society; to quit an association; to give up one's membership of a society
prefectural assembly member (in Osaka or Kyoto Prefectures)
issuing company (e.g. of a credit card)
Central Community Chest of Japan
Japan Guide-dog Association
citizens' rally; mass meeting
colloquium; symposium; gathering for discussion
Japan Society for the Study of Education
Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940-1945)
listed company (on a stock exchange); publicly traded company
Japan-China Friendship Association
social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
communal society; community
Japanese Shipowners' Association; JSA
secret meeting; secret conference; closed-door session
attending a meeting; participating in a meeting
College Physical Education Association
compensation committee; remuneration committee
corporate social responsibility; CSR
top-ranked firm; top-tier corporation; leading company; prestigious company; stellar company
main party (of the night); first party
sign-up fee; registration fee; initiation fee
adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy
separate account; separate charge
Japan College of Social Work
encounter; chance meeting
demutualization; becoming incorporated
International Commission on Radiological Protection; ICRP
non-denominational; churchless
philharmonic society; society of the friends of music
Nondenominationalism (a Japanese Christian group)
buying club (e.g. fruit-of-the-month)
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Heisei Kenkyūkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party)
meeting (esp. of a mutual financing association)
Shuni-e (ceremony held at some temples in February)
adjudication committee meeting; decision conference
Judge Indictment Committee
subsidiary of a subsidiary; sub-subsidiary; second-tier subsidiary
banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly enthroned emperor
Imperial Household Economy Council
students' association; alumni association
association membership fees (neighborhood, residents, etc.)
joint committee of both houses
Diet officer; Diet official; Diet staff member
Democratic National Committee (US); DNC
adjournment; suspension of a meeting; recess of legislature
International Football Association Board; IFAB
Nature Conservation Society of Japan
life release; ceremony of releasing captive animals
Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Japan Magazine Publishers Association
Paris Peace Conference (1919); Versailles Peace Conference
Seismological Society of Japan
Society of Jesus; Jesuits
Foreign Policy Commission; Foreign Relations Committee
technology association; technology institute
online conference; virtual summit; online talks
(electric) railroad company
advance(d) screening (of a movie)
conference; annual convention
social inequality; social disparity; social divide
social right; economic right
Shipbuilders' Association of Japan
fraternal association; friendship society; fraternity
company visit; visit to a prospective employer
social implementation; using the results of research and development to solve social problems
Japanese Archaeological Association
those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part
regular meeting; ordinary Diet session
family corporation; family company; affiliated concern
security firm; security company
New Year's party; New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on January 5, prior to WWII)
Professional Golfers' Association of Japan
person who attends meetups or uses social media to proposition people for sex
Camera & Imaging Products Association
Sumiyoshi-kai (yakuza syndicate)
last meeting (of the year, term, etc.); year-end gathering (e.g. party)
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
(Buddhist) lecture meeting
karuta gathering (for playing uta-garuta); competitive karuta association
Bandung Conference (1955)
one-state socialism (Stalinist theory); socialism in one country
journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc.
artists' patrons' association
Socialist Masses Party (1932-1940)
special Diet session; special session of the Diet; Diet session required to be convoked within thirty days of a general election
Japanese Association of Psychiatric Hospitals; JAPH
Environmental Dispute Coordination Commission
Buddhist services during the equinoctial week
Chemical Society of Japan
Japanese Society of Hypertension; JSH
society based on mutual self-interest
mutual aid or credit finance company
Kansai Keizai Doyukai (Kansai Association of Corporate Executives)
Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
adoption event for homeless animals; foster parents association
UN Security Council; United Nations Security Council
British Broadcasting Corporation; BBC
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
exchange conference (e.g. cultural, educational, etc.); exchange meeting
Japan Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; JSAPS
social welfare service; social services; social work
Japan Association of Music Enterprises
Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine; JSRM
organized crime syndicate; criminal group; (lit.) antisocial group
Japan Association for Refugees
trade fair; trade exposition
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
National Commission on Educational Reform; National Commission on Education Reform; National Congress for Educational Reform; National Council on Educational Reform
Japan Small-Type Whaling Association; JSTWA
(credit) cardholder; cardmember
Association of Department Stores
United Nations Security Council
Automobile Association (UK, etc.)
Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Japan Business Federation; Keidanren
opening a meeting; first meeting
Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
welcome and sending off party
East Asia Relations Commission
member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
Hokkaido Social Welfare Association
Volcanological Society of Japan
conference of representatives
kindergarten or nursery school dance and song performance (usu. at year-end)
social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
to meet someone by chance; to happen upon
British East India Company
Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet
membership agreement (e.g. for a credit card)
Aizukotetsu-kai (yakuza syndicate)
company with a committee governance structure (e.g. auditing, appointment, compensation)
attempting to change one's image when one starts working
government-controlled corporation
childbirth with the father of child present; delivery with family members present
Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai (conservative faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Abe faction
storytime meet-up; picture book reading
International Council for Science; ICSU
Interscholastic Athletic Meet; inter-school athletics competition
urbanization; urbanisation
Central Committee of the Communist Party
Japan Standards Association; JSA
The Japan Writers' Association; JWA
memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of the 10th month; in Nichiren Buddhism)
Yalta Conference (February 1945)
postponement (adjournment) of meeting
World Medical Association; WMA
antisocial personality disorder; ASPD
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
New Year party where greetings (or business cards, etc.) are exchanged
Conference of Administrative Vice-Ministers
Rissho Kosei-kai (offshoot of Nichiren-Buddhism founded in 1938)
Second Association of Regional Banks
Japan Petrochemical Industry Association
company needing reorganization (reorganisation)
Japanese Breast Cancer Society
Japanese Society of Mountain Medicine
accounting room; accounting office; cashier's office
to have a hard time of it
National Association of Racing
Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology; JSPN
social educational facilities; community center
National Association of Shinkin Banks
The America-Japan Society (non-profit organization)
Consumer Product Safety Association
social credit system (China); social credit
association of overseas Japanese merchants
European Commission (executive of the EU)
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall
Certified Public Accountants Act
general meeting of representatives (in incorporated associations)
drinking and carousing together
Japan Post Co., Ltd.; JP Post
Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)
Geneva Conference on Disarmament
social brain; social brains
playing and dancing event at a preschool, kindergarten, etc.
Suigetsukai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party formed in 2015 by members previously not part of any faction); Ishiba faction
Ichthyological Society of Japan; ISJ
society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other
Association for the Promotion of International Trade, Japan
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; Comecon
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR; Soviet Union
with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; (lit.) as if having met a Buddha in hell
Shisuikai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Nikai faction
mother church; main church; church where one was baptized
Geological Society of Japan
Wildlife Conservation Society
Northern Territories Issue Association
letter of inquiry; letter of enquiry
Japan Traffic Safety Association
Japan Federation of Certified Tax Accountant's Association
social survey; social research
Carmelites; Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
reading-and-discussion meeting
compound ideograph; character made up of meaningful parts
Cultural Exchange Association
special consideration for non-traditional (older) students
record of Diet proceedings
Japan Whaling Association; JWA
formal tea gathering; formal tea party
Eastern Orthodox Church; Japan Orthodox Church
National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien
lower and upper houses being controlled by different parties; (lit.) twisted parliament
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
Buddhist lantern festival
paying upfront; upfront payment; prepayment
party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.); wrap party
LDP's (Liberal Democratic Party's) Foreign Affairs Division
General Assembly of the LDP Members of the House of Representatives
transport company; forwarding agency
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping; meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)
paying at the table (at a restaurant)
Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association; JPEA
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication; SWIFT
meeting; happening across
Japan Direct Marketing Association; JDMA
village community (esp. hierarchical, conservative and exclusive); insular community; closed society; ring; cartel; clique
Japan Buddhist Federation
Japan Health Physics Society
Korean Traders' Association
annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)
Japanese Association of Higher Education Research
Bon Festival; Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Prince Shōtoku (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar)
industrial fair; industrial exposition
karuta gathering (for playing uta-garuta)
karuta gathering (for playing uta-garuta)
Genetics Society of Japan; GSJ
former member; resigning member
storytime meet-up; picture book reading
Buddhist memorial service
society where IT related gadgets are prevalent and their function transparent (from "ubiquitous computing")
Society for the Study of Social Policy
training center; training centre
Institute for Supply Management; ISM
All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association; AJPEA
American Bible Society; ABS
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
private consulting group; private panel
Japanese Trade Union Confederation; RENGO
Social Democratic Federation
sociolect; social dialect
Japan Mini Vehicles Association
bar association (in the USA, etc.)
Bodhi Day; Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment
Association of Private Universities of Japan
specified purpose company; specific purpose company
Japan Society for Disaster Information Studies
Japan School Excursion Association
LDP's National Defense Division
the pain of meeting people one dislikes
The Graduate School of Information & Communication
subcontractor; subcontracting company
service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival
investment company; investment firm; hedge fund firm
unlimited company; unlimited partnership
Bon Festival; Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Prince Shōtoku (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar)
General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (1950-1989); Sōhyō
power supply company; power distribution company
sociology of language; sociolinguistics
memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of the 10th month; in Nichiren Buddhism)
committee system; commission system
service held at temples every New Year
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council
World Nuclear Association; WNA
Association of Japanese Geographers
All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969
audience; assembly; meeting
Japanese Society of Neurology
Japan Aluminium Association
surviving company (in a merger); surviving corporation
retreat (religious, spiritual)
Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering; FATF
clandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous; tryst; secret meeting
Japanese Society of Sleep Research; JSSR
UN Economic and Social Council
reference (e.g. for a job)
teleconference; video conferencing
Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)
foreign corporation; overseas company
conference program; conference programme
Japan Neurosurgical Society
humiliation of defeat in battle; past humiliation by others; shame of an unendurable disgrace
to understand; to comprehend
controlling company; parent company
World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
Lepidopterological Society of Japan; LSJ
Economic Strategy Council
Community Bank Shinyo Kumiai
Diet session up to the creation of the budget
Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)
Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
general account expenditure
production committee system (joint financing for a work, e.g. anime, film, game)
limited liability company (US, Australia, etc.); LLC
Protestant Episcopal Church
(Japan) Weather Association
Association of Historical Geographers in Japan; AHGJ
the early church; the primitive church
Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare; JSSSW
afternoon meeting; afternoon gathering
Japanese Society of Pediatric Dentistry; JSPD
service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival
Anthropological Society of Nippon
labor rally; labour rally
Society for the Study of Japanese Language
Order of Friars Minor; Franciscans
Administrative Reform Conference; Administrative Reform Council
Japan Wagashi Association
Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd.; CJIAC
Railroad Safety Promotion Conference; TASK
National Offenders Rehabilitation Commission
Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association
United Nations Climate Change Conference; Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; COP
The Japan Writers' Association; JWA
Japanese Society of Chemotherapy
at last your time has come; I have found you at last
affiliated company; sister company
Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation; JIII
Industrial Bankers Association
Japan Association of Municipal and Prefectural Colleges and Universities
Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd
concert version (of an opera or musical); concert staging
individual member; non-corporate member
Entomological Society of Japan
Japan Chemical Industry Association
informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together
Nazism; national socialism
Japan Contact Lens Association; JCLA
Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology
UN Special Session on Disarmament
business card exchanging party
Japanese Society of Ningen Dock (formerly Japanese Society of Human Dry Dock)
social-anxiety disorder; SAD
All-Japan Federation of Student Self-Government Associations; Zengakuren
Amateur Athletic Union; AAU
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
Association for Electric Home Appliances; AEHA
Dominican Order; Order of Preachers
missing an opportunity; opportunity loss
Unification Church (kor: Tongil Gyohoe); The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity
work experience; practical study in the real world
Council of Local Authorities for International Relations; CLAIR
Congress of Industrial Organizations (Organisation); CIO
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research; JFCR
Japan Moral Education Society
six-party talks (regarding the North Korean nuclear weapons program)
General Conference of Weights and Measures; Conference General des Poides et Mesures
Organisation of the Islamic Conference
stalled session of the Diet (Japanese Parliament)
commonage; use of common land
Japanese Society of Animal Science
organization for local children (for growth via sports, study, service, etc.)
politicking by wining and dining
Japan Scholarship Foundation
Japan Electronic Computer Company
Japan Society for Contemporary Music; JSCM
local business association
Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Ishihara faction
evening assembly; evening gathering; evening meeting
World Council of Churches; WCC
Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Coordination Committee on Multilateral Export Controls
childbirth with father of child present; delivery with husband present
Japanese Society for Study of Career Guidance; JSSCG
extortionist that blackmail corporations; corporate shakedown artist
Japan Public Health Association
we meet only to part; (lit.) meeting is the first step to parting
Consumer Electronics Association; CEA
Japanese Society of Public Health; JSPH
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Comite International des Poids et Measures; International Committee of Weights and Measures
Japanese Society for Plant Systematics; JSPS
Shikōkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Aso faction
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
phenomenological sociology
Japanese Society for Ethics
Federal Reserve Board (US); FRB
conversational expression
Malacological Society of Japan; MSJ
Criminal Law Society of Japan
Japanese Association for Dental Science
Japan Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
National Trade Union Council
Dai Nippon Butoku Kai (martial arts organization; 1895-1946)
Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet
Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading; annual New Year's tanka-reading party held at the Imperial Palace
Japan Sociological Society
in-house faction (political groups within the Diet)
Physics Education Society of Japan
local business association
antisocial personality disorder
Japanese Gastric Cancer Association; JGCA
International Society of Internal Medicine
American Association for the Advancement of Science; AAAS
Rice Price Deliberative Council
American National Standards Institute; ANSI
Japanese Society for Aeromedical Services
Frankfurt National Assembly (1848-1849)
track meet (non-competitive driving on a race course); track day; track event
Association for Promotion of International Cooperation
Airline Pilots' Association of Japan; ALPA Japan
international exposition; world expo
Japanese Political Science Association; JPSA
Japanese Society for Palliative Medicine
club (for adults, as opposed to for university students)
International Science and Technology Exposition
Japan Lung Cancer Society
Trade Negotiation Committee
Kuni no Katachi Kenkyūkai (faction of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan); Kan faction; Kan group
Institute of International Finance; IIF
Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language; NKG
Japan Society of Human Genetics
Japanese Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology; JASTRO
International Chamber of Commerce; ICC
victory celebration party; victory banquet
National Association of Securities Dealers; NASD
Japanese Society of Pathology
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; RSPCA
Association of Clinical Pharmacology
Folklore Society of Japan
Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
management association; management conference; management institute
(in-person) meetup (of members of an online community); IRL meetup; offline get-together; offline gathering
Japan Surgical Association
Basic Act on Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society
current-value accounting; market-value accounting; mark-to-market accounting; fair-value accounting
combined company; merged company
Japanese Association of Electoral Studies; JAES
pre-literate society; non-literate society
Japan Vocational Ability Development Association
Sinological Society of Japan; SSJ
Japan Vending Machine Manufacturers Association
Taiwan Visitors Association; TVA
Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70
Poplar Co. Ltd. (convenience store chain)
Japan Association of Law Schools; JALS
Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development (JPC-SED)
family council; family company
High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan
reassembly after a recess (e.g. of a legislature); reconvening after a break
American Society of Hematology; ASH
Japanese Society of Radiation Safety Management; JRSM
study society; academic society
Bunten exhibition; annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition)
Electronic Industries Association; EIA
Japan Ethological Society
Japan Intellectual Property Association, JIPA
Society of International Education and Cultural Exchange; SIENCE
Japanese Association of Educational Psychology
Oceanographic Society of Japan
unlisted company (on a stock exchange)
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
summit meeting; top-level conference
meeting hall; assembly hall
bill (at a restaurant); check
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
houses of the Diet being controlled by different parties; (lit.) twisted parliament
inconsiderate; ruthless; merciless; lacking compunction
village community (esp. hierarchical, conservative and exclusive); insular community; closed society; ring; cartel; clique
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns
online drinking party; drinking party using a video platform (Skype, Zoom, etc.)
childbirth with the father of child present; delivery with family members present
childbirth with the father of child present; delivery with family members present
clandestine meeting (e.g. for lovers); rendezvous; tryst; secret meeting
commonage; use of common land
lower and upper houses being controlled by different parties; (lit.) twisted parliament
social-anxiety disorder; SAD
childbirth with father of child present; delivery with husband present
childbirth with father of child present; delivery with husband present
extortionist that blackmail corporations; corporate shakedown artist
Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality
secret society of ancient China (often opposed to the government)
commerce and industry association; chamber of commerce and industry
policy research committee
special showing; screening; viewing party
cooperative sales company
joint technical committee
affiliated company; sister company
round table meeting or talks
farewell meeting; send-off
established by the company
sports competition sponsored by a business enterprise
non-dividend-paying company
farewell party for graduates (held prior to graduation)
spontaneous recess (in the Diet)
agricultural land commission
great old-timer of the firm
get-together to enjoy the autumn foliage
ambassador-level conference
accounting information system; AIS
National Bar Examination Administration Commission
Labour Relations Commission for Seafarers
corporate accounting principles
asset-impairment accounting
UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission; UNMOVIC
asset holding company (esp. Commonwealth countries)
mark-to-market accounting system
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council; PECC
Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
long-distance telephone company
commutative justice; justitia commutativa
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; ASSR
Soviet Socialist Republic; SSR
people's socialist republic
affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic; Georgian SSR; GSSR
travel allowance paid to salaried wrestlers for tournaments held outside Tokyo
sumo performed at ancient Japanese imperial court
Society of Friends; Quakers
dialogue corpus (dialog); dialogue corpora
Eastern Catholic Churches; Uniate Churches; Eastern-rite Catholic Churches
Armenian Church; Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church
reference (e.g. for a job)
front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls)
principle holding that any matters left unresolved at the end of one Diet session are not to be carried over to the next
World Conference of Religions for Peace
The Central Church of Holy God
collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election
full parent company; wholly-owning parent company; sole parent company
Potsdam Conference (conference regarding the postwar occupation of Germany; July-August 1945)
Lushan Conference (1959 meeting of the Communist Party of China to discuss the Great Leap Forward)
UN Economic and Social Council
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
United Nations Economic and Social Council
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Basic Act for Gender Equal Society
Asian-African Conference (1955); Afro-Asian Conference
Afro-Asian Conference (1955)
Internet Engineering Task Force; IETF
Internet Research Task Force; IRTF
CAT; Credit Authorization Terminal
Unicode Technical Committee; UTC
voice conferencing system
conversational processing
conversational mode; interactive mode
ANSER; Automatic Answer Network System for Electrical Request
configuration control board
SQL; Structured Query Language
International Electrotechnical Commission; IEC
inquiry terminal (e.g. for verifying a credit card)
Regional Bell Operating Company (USA); RBOC
regional Bell operating company; RBOC
Federal Trade Commission; FTC
proxy application company
non-existence of a business corporation
stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist)
stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist)
stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist)
United Nations Human Rights Council; UNHRC
United Nations Security Council
(power, electricity) transmission company
United Nations Special Commission; UNSCOM
Lausanne Conference (1922, 1932)
Council of Ministers for Global Environment Conservation
marriage-oriented society (in which most people are married, usu. at a young age)
monoline insurance company; monoline insurer
multiline insurance company; multiline insurer
Winter Olympic Games; Winter Olympics
Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875)
social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)
imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
social business; social enterprise
Pastoral Epistles (i.e. Timothy 1 and 2, Titus)
National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium); Spring Koshien
disarmament conference; disarmament talks; arms reduction talks
martial arts competition; combat sports competition
joint sitting of both houses (parliament, congress)
random drift; genetic drift
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
leaving at the convenience of the company
member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
academic council; scientific council
gathering that's fun for everyone present
joint management council (labor and management)
club song; organization song
multiple-system operator; multi-system operator; MSO; operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems
kindred soul; congenial friend
adjournment sine die; adjournment for an indefinite period
political action committee; PAC
transperineal biopsy (esp. of the prostate)
pseudo-foreign company; company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan
academic socialism; professorial socialism
General Assembly of the United Nations; United Nations General Assembly
informal wedding ceremony
hydrogen economy; hydrogen energy based society
new social infrastructure
classic vehicle club (cars, motorcycles); antique vehicle club; biker group in which members ride customized classic motorcycles
crime instigated by external circumstances
to avenge a defeat; to regain one's honor
to avenge a defeat; to regain one's honor
socially necessary labour time
service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival
service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8); Buddha's birthday festival
vernacularism; colloquialism
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
committee affairs; meeting affairs
Nazism; national socialism
person who attends a renga meeting
if you get too absorbed when playing go, you will miss your parent's deathbed
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
surviving company (in a merger)
absorbed company; merged corporation
absorbed company; merged corporation
ingredient pairing (esp. seasonal)
ingredient pairing (esp. seasonal)
Limited Liability Companies Act
public company; publicly listed company; publicly traded company; (Japanese) stock company that does not impose restrictions on share transfers
(stock) company that has a board of directors
examination venue; examination hall
year-end parties (held in December) and New Year parties (held in January)
National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium); Spring Koshien
great equal assembly (quinquennial service of indiscriminatory almsgiving and preaching)
greenhouse gas accounting; carbon accounting
retreat (spiritual, religious)
reading circle; reading society
mochibun gaisha; company structure which functions like a partnership
mochibun gaisha; company structure which functions like a partnership
Society of Friends; Quakers
Society of Friends; Quakers
concert venue; concert hall
off-floor trading; after-hours trading; premarket trading
off-floor trading; after-hours trading; premarket trading
off-floor trading; after-hours trading; premarket trading
urbanite; city kid; person born and raised in the city
urbanite; city kid; person born and raised in the city
New Socialist Party of Japan
gathering place; assembly hall; auditorium
(school) field trip; educational visit (e.g. by a class)
third reading (of a bill in the Imperial Diet)
social camouflage; autistic masking
something that comes too late to be of any use; arriving after the ship has sailed; (lit.) flowers that don't arrive in time for a Buddhist service
deep transverse perineal muscle
superficial transverse perineal muscle
dissocial personality disorder
antisocial personality disorder; ASPD
Wannsee Conference (1942)
British Broadcasting Corporation; BBC
Japan Association for Trade with Russia & Central-Eastern Europe (ROTOBO)
Institution of Occupational Safety and Health; IOSH
Ethical Manufacturers' Association
Drug Information Association; DIA
Japan Society of Medical Imaging and Information Sciences; MII
American Medical Informatics Association; AMIA
Inagawa-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Space Communications Corporation
Association for Teaching English through Movies; ATEM
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Motion Picture Export Association of America
Britain's Royal Society of Medicine
British Royal Gardening Society
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
British and Foreign Bible Society
British Trust for Ornithology; BTO
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
Applied Regional Science Conference; ARSC
Japanese Society of Applied Statistics; JSAS
European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company EADS NV
Party of European Socialists
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
Royal Horticultural Society; RHS
Okinawa Television Broadcasting Corporation
National Music Publishers' Association; NMPA
Chemical Industries Association; CIA
Advisory Council on Science and Technology
Freight Transport Association; FTA
Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan
Overseas Agricultural Development Association
Marine Acoustics Society of Japan
Japan Society for Marine Surveys and Technology
Advanced Marine Science and Technology Society; AMSTEC
Association for Studies of Picture Books
Development Education Association & Resource Center; DEAR
Council for Reform of the Foreign Ministry
Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation
Research Institute of Environmental Technology; RIET
Coalition of Local Government for Environmental Initiative, Japan
Japanese Society for Environmental Sociology
Kansai Society for Educational Administration; KSEA
Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.; KIAC
Kansai Sociological Association
Kanto Educational Research Society
Kantoh Sociological Society
Kanto Electric Association
Korean Standards Association; KSA
Enterprise Management Association; EMA
Machinery and Allied Products Institute
Records Management Society of Japan
Society for Ritual Culture
National Park Resort Villages
Leprosy Relief Association
Japanese Society of Fisheries Economics
Kyoyukai (Hyogo-based yakuza syndicate)
Kyoyukai (Hyogo-based yakuza syndicate)
Correctional Association Prison Industry Cooperation
The Financial Reconstruction Commission
Financial System Research Council; Financial System Research Committee; Committee on Financial Systems Research
Air Force Association; AFA
Japanese Association of Administrative Science; JAAS
Japan Society for Management Information; JASMIN
National Economic and Social Development Board
Society of Economic Sociology; SOES
Japan Association of Economic Geographers; JAEG
Japan Society of Economic Statistics; JSES
Association for Economic Development
Japan Society of Political Economy; JSPE
Mathematical Linguistic Society of Japan
Fraternal Order of Police
Aluminium Products Association
Light Motor Vehicle Inspection Organization
Atomic Collision Research in Japan
Japan Nuclear Safety Institute; JANSI
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
American Association for Respiratory Care; AARC
Society of Public Utility Economics; JSPU
Pollution-related Health Damage Compensation Association
Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation and Prevention Association
Public Relations Society of America; PRSA
Corporation for Public Broadcasting; CPB
Bond Underwriter's Association
Association of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants
Society of Civil Servants
Association for the Study of Industrial Management (Japan)
Institute of Navigation; ION
National Air Traffic Controllers Association; NATCA
National Mining Association; NMA
Advanced Information and Telecommunication Society Headquarters; Headquarters for Promotion of Advanced Information and Communications Society
Aikikai Foundation; Aikido World Association
National Intelligence Council
International Academy of Astronautics
International Congress of Inflammation
International Association of Applied Psychology
International Musicological Society
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres; IAML
International Phonetic Association
Japanese Association for International Accounting Studies
International Federation of Accountants; IFAC
International Nursing Foundation of Japan
Institute of International Education
Association of International Educational Exchange; AiEE
Japan Society of International Economics; JSIE
L'Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commercial
International Society for Contemporary Music; ISCM
Japan Society of Research and Information on Public and Co-operative Economy; Japan CIRIEC
International Association of Ports and Harbors
International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities; IALA
International Institute of Administrative Sciences
International Society of Hypertension
Private International Law Association of Japan
International Association for Suicide Prevention
International Sociological Association
International Social Security Association
International Trade Marks Association; INTA
International Plant Growth Substance Association; IPGSA
International Colour Association; AIC
International Neuro-Ophthalmology Society; INOS
International Society of Nephrology; ISN
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; IFLA
International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering; ISPE
International Association of Classification Societies
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property; AIPPI
International Iron and Steel Institute; IISI
International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
Congress of the International Headache Society; IHC; International Headache Society; IHS
International Patent Institute
International Japanese Education Center; IJEC
International Dairy Foods Association
International Stroke Society
Haiku international association
International Cultural Association
International Broadcasting Institute
International Congress of Pharmacology
International Institute of Refrigeration
International Industrial Relations Association
International Association for the Study of Pain; IASP
National Issues Forum; NIF
National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Japan Association of National University Libraries; JANUL
UN Correspondents Association
UN Association of the United States of America; UNA-USA
World Federation of United Nations Associations
UN Special Session on Children
UN Research Institute for Social Development
UN regional cartographic conference
Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly
National Grain and Feed Association; NGFA
Black Dragon Society (1901-1946); Amur River Society; Kokuryūkai
Black Dragon Society (1901-1946); Amur River Society; Kokuryūkai
Supreme Audit Institution
Association of Biological Manufacturers of Japan
Zaitokukai (abbr); Zainichi Tokken o Yurusanai Shimin no Kai (The Citizens Group That Will Not Forgive Special Privileges for Koreans in Japan)
Japan Research Institute of Material Technology
Division of Materials Science and Technology
Financial Accounting Standards Foundation; FASF
Magazine Advertising Bureau
Institut de Development Indeustriel
International Society for Customer-Driven Public Service
Japan Universities Association for Computer Education
Society of Resource Geology; SRG
Japan Association of Local Government Policy Studies
Nature Conservation Council
Automotive Safety Foundation
Autism Society of America; ASA
Panel of the Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal National Congress (part of the LDP); JKK
Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences
Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation
Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund (abbr)
Social Insurance Training Institute
Social Development Research Institute
Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation
Glassfiber Association of Japan
Securities Industry Association
Society for the Economic Studies of Securities; SESS
Interoperability Technology Association for Information Processing, Japan
Japan Society of Information and Knowledge; JSIK
Japan Information-Culture Society
Japanese Society for Chemical Regulation of Plants
Catalysis Society of Japan; CATSJ
Japan Inspection Association of Food and Food Industry Environment
Credit Union National Association, Inc.; CUNA
Federation of New Religious Organizations in Japan
Newspaper Advertising Review Council
Japan Forest Engineering Society; JFES
Japanese Society of Forest Environment
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
International Shinto Foundation; ISF
Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics; JAFEE
Association of Cochlear Implant Transmitted Audition; ACITA
Institute of Personnel Management; Society for Personnel Administration
Human Geographical Society of Japan
Crime Writers' Association
Mathematics Education Society of Japan; MES
Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology; JAMS
Reverend Sun Myung Moon's unification Church
International Political Science Association
World Association for Infant Mental Health; WAIMH
World Council of Comparative Education Societies; WCCES
World Trade Union Congress
Seto Inland Sea Environmental Conservation Council
Adult Education Association
Japanese Conference for the Study of Political Thought; JCSPT
Japan Society of Household Economics
Division of Ceramics in Medicine, Biology and Biomimetics
Division of Biofunctional Chemistry
Rice Millers' Association; RMA
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Flour Millers Association
Limestone Association of Japan
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.; IHI
Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology; JAPT
Textile Industry Restructuring Agency
Japan Textile Evaluation Technology Council
Japan Musical Instruments Association
Japan Association for Language Teaching; JALT
National Association of Prefectural Credit Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives
Japan Association of Colleges for Business Education
All Nippon Kashi Association
All Japan Shaolin Temple Qigong Association
National Nutritional Foods Association; NNFA
(former) National Association of Purchasing Management (USA); NAPM
National Association of Home Builders
National Association of Securities Dealers
National Association of Manufacturers; NAM
National Collegiate Athletic Association
American Forest and Paper Association
Council for Regulatory Reform
Institution of Naval Architects
Pacific Science Association
Japanese Association of University Women
Japan Carbon Fiber Manufacturers Association
Strategic Council on Intellectual Properties; Intellectual Property Strategy Council
Japan Association of Regional and Community Studies; JARCS
Hiroshima Geographical Association; HGA
China Chemical Fibers Association; CCFA
China Chamber of International Commerce; CCOIC
Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association (previous name of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office)
International Trade and Industry Statistics Association
Urban Developers' Association of Japan
Civil Engineering Library, Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Institution of Civil Engineers (UK)
East Asia Travel Association
Association of Tokyo Psychiatric Hospitals
Toshiba Information Systems
Toshiba Information Equipments Co., Ltd.; TIE
South-East Asian Friendship and Culture Association
Tōhoku English Literary Society
Toyo Netsu Kogyo Kaisha Limited
American Headache Society; AHS
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Congress of South African Trade Unions; COSATU
Flexible Packaging Hygiene Association
Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association
Japan Congress of Journalists; JCJ
Japan Television Artist Network; JTVAN
Japan Data Communications Association
Nippon Idou Tsushin Corporation; IDO
Japanese Society for Gene Diagnosis and Therapy
Japanese Society of Medical Instrumentation; JSMI
Japan Society for Medical English Education
Japan Medical Science Exchange Association; JAMSEA
Japan Medical Library Association; JMLA
Japan Society of Medical Physics; JSMP
Japan Medical Publishers Association; JMPA
Japan Medical Device Industry Excutives Association
Japanese Society for the Political Economy of Health and Health Care
Japan Healthcare Industry Executives Association
Japan Association of Medical Informatics; JAMI
Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences; JASIAS
Japan Dietetic and Enriched Foods Association
English Linguistic Society of Japan
Japan English Language Education Society
Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; JSMEZ
Japanese Society for Theatre Research
Japanese Inflammation Society; Japanese Society of Inflammation
Japan Association of Applied Psychology; JAAP
Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; JSIAM
Japan Society of Engineering Geology; JSEG
Musicological Society of Japan; MSJ
Japanese Music Education Society; JMES
Japanese Society for Music Perception and Cognition; JSMPC
Phonetic Society of Japan
Japan Phosphatic & Compound Fertilizers Manufacturer's Association
Japan Poultry Science Association; JPSA
Japanese Association for Research in Family Nursing; JARFN
Japan Society of Family Sociology; JSFS
Japanese Association of Family Psychology; JAFP
Japan Association of Home Economics Education
Japan Society for Science Education
Japan Popular Music Writers Association; JPM
Japan Freight Railway Company
Imaging Society of Japan; ISJ
Japan Gallery Association; JGA
Japan Accounting Association
Japan Marine Surveyers and Sworn Measurers' Association
Japan Seaweed Association
Society of Ambulatory and General Pediatrics of Japan; SAGPJ
Japanese Society of School Health
Japanese Association of School Health
Japan Environmental Council; JEC
Japanese Society of Environmental Toxicology
Japan Nursing Library Association; JNLA
Japanese Association of Management Accounting
Japan Tourism Association; JTA
Japan Tourism Association
Japanese Association of Science and Technology for Identification; JASTI
Japan Ophthalmic Instrument Association
Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists
Japanese Psychonomic Society
Japan Society for Biomedical Gerontology
Japanese Society of Parasitology
Rare Earth Society of Japan
JSME Fluids Engineering Division; JSME-FED
Japanese Association for Semiotic Studies; JASS
Japan Music Education Association
Japan Educational Association
Japanese Association for the Study of Educational Administration; JASEA
Japan Association for Educational Technology; JAET
Japan Educational Administration Society; JEAS
Japan society of Educational Sociology
Japan Society of Educational Information
Japan Society for Educational System and Organization
Japan Academic Society for Educational Policy; JASEP
Japan Association of Universities of Education
National Association for the Study of Educational Methods; NASEM
Japan Curriculum Research and Development Association; JCRDA
Japanese Society for the Study on Teacher Education; JSSTE
Japanese Orthodontic Society; JOS
Japan Society of Chest Diseases
Japan Society of Monetary Economics
Japanese Society of Diatomology
Japan Society for the Study of Business Administration; JBA
Japan Institute of Management and Administration; JIMA
Japan Finance Association
Nihon Keizai Shimbun Incorporated
Japan Economic Policy Association; JEPA
Japan Association for Planning Administration
Japanese Society for Connective Tissue Research; JSCTR
Japanese Society for Vascular Surgery
Japanese Association of Health Psychology; JAHP
Japan Health Taijiquan Association
Japanese Society for Laboratory Hematology; JSLH
Japan Cost Accounting Association
Japan Nuclear Technology Institute; JANTI
Japan Society of Protozoology
Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.; JNFL
Phenomenological Association of Japan
Japan Association for Modern China Studies
Linguistic Society of Japan; LSJ
Society for Japanese Linguistics
Japan Society of Transportation Economics
Japan Transportation Association
Japan Transactional Analysis Association; JTAA
Japan Phototherapy Associations
Japan Public Law Association
Japan Technology Transfer Association; JTTAS
Japan Machine Tools Importers' Association; JMTIA
Japan Academy of Advertising
Japan Society for Corporate Communication Studies
Japan Public Relations Association; JPRA
Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine
Japan Rehabilitation Aid Association
Japan Institute of Navigation
Japanese Society for Public Administration
Behaviormetric Society of Japan
Japanese Association for Behavior Analysis
Japanese Association of Behavior Therapy; JABT
Japan Mining Industry Association
Japan Mining Industry Association
Mineralogical Society of Japan
International Student Association of Japan
Japan International Education Society; JIES
Japan Cartographers Association
Japan Association for International Education
Japan Association for Greening Deserts
Japanese Society of Hypnosis
Japan Society of Disaster Nursing; JSDN
Japanese Society for Bacteriology
Japan Society for Cell Biology; CSF
Crop Science Society of Japan; CSSJ
Japan Society of Industrial Machinery Manufacturers
Japan Industrial and Vocational Training Association
Japanese Society of Farm Animal Veterinary Medicine
Japan Society of Judicial Social Services; JSJSS
Japan Society for Child Study
Japan Association of Private Law
Japanese Association of Private Dental Schools
Association of Private Junior Colleges in Japan
Japan Society for Lipid Nutrition; JSLN
Japan Academy of Esthetic Dentistry
Japan Academy of Dental Human Dock
Japanese Society of Conservative Dentistry
Japanese Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Japan Association for the Promotion of English for Children
Japanese Association of Children's Book Publishers
Japanese Society for Chronobiology
Japan Clock & Watch Association
Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science
Nature Conservation Society of Japan
Japan Automatic Merchandising Association
Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan
Photographic Society of Japan
Japan Photographers Association; JPA
Japan Society for the Study of Adult and Community Education; JSSACE
Japan Society for Socio-Information Studies; JSIS
Japanese Society of Social Psychology; JSSP
Japan Vehicle Inspection Association; VIA
Japanese Association of Sign Linguistics
Japanese Association for Religious Studies
Japanese Calligraphy Promotion Organization
Japanese Society of Veterinary Public Health
Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Pharmacology; JACP
Japan Society of Marketing & Distribution; Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution
Commodity Futures Association of Japan
Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons
Japanese Society of Pediatric Radiology
Japanese Society of Small Animal Veterinary Medicine
Japan Fire Equipment Inspection Institute
Japan Soy-sauce Brewers' Association
Nippon Information and Communication Corporation
Japanese Society of High Technology in Agriculture
Color Science Association of Japan; CSAJ
Association of Japanese Clinical Psychology
Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine
Japan Society of Neonatology
Japanese Neural Network Society
Japanese Neuro-ophthalmology Society; JANOS
Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology; JSNP
Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
Population Association of Japan
Japanese Society for Artificial Organs
Japan Society of Library and Information Science; JSLIS
Society of Biological Sciences Education of Japan; SBSEJ
Biophysical Society of Japan
Japan Association for Bioethics
Japanese Association for Tibetan Studies
Japan Society of Youth and Adolescent Psychology
Adhesion Society of Japan
Society of Plant Engineers Japan
Academic Association for Organizational Science
Japan Creativity Society; JCS
Japan Association of Integrated Science and Education
Japanese Society of Grassland Science
Japanese Society of Phycology
Japan Society for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation; JSHCT
Geodetic Society of Japan
Japan Percussion Society; JPS
Japanese Society of Physical Education
Japan Cultural Association
Japan Association for Taiwan Studies; JATS
Japan Society of Colon Examination
Japan Biliary Association
Nippon Intellectual Property Translation Association; NIPTA
Japan Craft Beer Association; JCBA
Japanese Society for Lichenology; JSL
Japan Association for Regional Economic Studies
Japanese Research Association for Community Development
Geothermal Research Society of Japan; GRSJ
Japan Association for the Study of Local Government
Nippon Urban Management and Local Government Research Association; NUMLGRA
Japanese Association of Professional Geographers; JAPG
Japan Association for Central Asian Studies; JACAS
Chinese Language Society of Japan
Japan Association for Small Business Studies; JASBS
Japan Association for Middle East Studies
Japan Association for Interpretation Studies; JAIS
Japan Mortgage Association
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
Japan Electric Association; JEA
Japan Electronics Industry Development Association; JEIDA
Japan Electronic Publishing Association
Japan Society for Urbanology
Japanese Society of Soil Zoology
Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology
Japan Statistical Society; JSS
Japanese Society for Integrative Medicine; JIM
Japanese Headache Society; JHS
Japanese Society of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Japanese Society of Animal Nursing
Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology; JSSZ
Japan Atherosclerosis Society
Japanese Association of Special Education
Japan Reading Association; JRA
Internal Auditors' Association of Japan
Spina Bifida Association of Japan
Japanese Society for Education of Young Children; JSEYC
Japanese Association for Cognitive Therapy; JACT
Japan Society for Heat Treatment
Combustion Society of Japan
Clay Science Society of Japan
Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan
Farm Management Society of Japan
Agricultural Economics Society of Japan; AESJ
Agricultural Marketing Society of Japan
Japanese Society of Farm Work Research; JSFWR
Rural Life Society of Japan
Pesticide Science Society of Japan; PSSJ
Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists; JSDB
Japanese Association for the Study of Development Disabilities
Japan Society of Developmental Psychology; JSDP
Japanese Association of Sociological Criminology; JASC
Japanese Association of Criminal Psychology
Japanese Society of Animal Reproduction
Japan Comparative Education Society; JCES
Japan Association for Comparative Politics; JACP
Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology; JSCE
Japanese Association for Developmental and Comparative Immunology; JADCI
Art Education Society of Japan
Japan Department Stores Association
Japan Evaluation Society; JES
Japan Society of Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition
Japan Society of Anti-Aging Medicine
Sessile Organisms Society of Japan; SOSJ
Japan Institute of Social Services and Informatics
Japanese Society for the Study of Human Welfare and Culture
Japan Society for Composite Materials
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology; JASCA
Japanese Literature Association
Japan Folk Narrative Recording Society
Peace Studies Association of Japan; PSAJ
Japan Society of Research on Early Childhood Care and Education
Japanese Society of Health and Medical Sociology
Japanese Society of Insurance Science
Japanese Society for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; JCAM
Japan Prosthodontic Society
Japan Society of Maternal Health
Society of Packaging Science & Technology, Japan
Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research
Japan Radiation Research Society
Japan Direct Selling Association
Japan Spinners' Association
Japan Society of Anesthesiology
Commemorative Association for the Japan World Exposition
Japan Society for Future Research
Japan Democratic Lawyer's Association
Japan Folklore Economics Association
Japanese Society of Ethnology
Japan Inorganic Chemical Industry Association
Japanese Society for Immunology; JSI
Japan Outdoor Education Society
Japanese Society for Wild Silkmoths
Academy of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Japan
Japanese Society for the Study of Xenobiotics
Japan Society of Blood Transfusion
Japanese Association of Play Therapy
Japan Association of International Publications; JAIP
Society of Japan Science Teaching
Japan Society for Distributive Sciences; JSDS
Japanese Society of Clinical Nutrition
Japanese Society for Clinical Surgery
Japan Society of Clinical Hematology
Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology
Japanese Society for Dermatologic Surgery; JSDS
Japan Society of Clinical Pathology
Japan Society for Clinical Anesthesia
Japanese Association of Labor Sociology
Association of Spoken Japanese for Better Communication
Japanese Society for Mastication Science and Health Promotion
Japanese Society of Mammalian Ova Research; JSMOR
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Society of Agricultural Structures, Japan; SASJ
Rural Education Association
Association of Rural Planning; ARP
Flat Glass Association of Japan
Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies; JACES
Japan Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations; JSCSC
American Urology Association
Chartered Institute of Secretaries
American Society for Bariatric Surgery; ASBS
American Society for Quality
Society of Quality Assurance; SQA
Art Museum of Toyama-kenmin-kaikan
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan
Society of Powder Technology, Japan
Japan Society for the Conservation of Cultural Property
Association of American Medical Colleges; AAMC
MPAA; American Film Institute; AFI
American College of Nutrition; ACN
American Chemistry Council; ACC
American Accounting Association
American College of Surgeons; ACS
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Meteorological Society; AMS
American Thoracic Society; ATS
American Bankers Association; ABA
American Economics Association
American Institute of Architecture
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; PhRMA
American Public Health Association
American Association of Public Accountants
American Society of Hypertension; ASH
American Society for Cell Biology; ASCB
American Society for Testing Materials; ASTM
American College of Dentists; ACD
American Automobile Association
American Civil Liberties Union; ACLU
American Academy of Pediatrics; AAP
American Psychological Association
American Academy of Neurology
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
American Society of Nephrology; ASN
American Library Association
American Water Works Association; AWWA
American Political Science Association
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; AAOS
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (pn)
American Petroleum Institute; API
National Futures Association
Geological Society of America; GSA
American Geographical Society; AGS
American Arbitration Association; AAA
Association of American Railroads; AAR
American Society of Civil Engineers; ASCE
Humane Society of the United States
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; ASPCA
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
American Society for Microbiology
American Hospital Association; AHA
American College of Pathologists
American Institute of Physics; AIP
American Bar Association; ABA
American College of Radiation Oncology; ACRO
US Pharmacopeial Convention
Inter-American Press Association
Gemological Institute of America
Radiation Application Development Association; RADA
Defense Facilities Environs Improvement Association
Hokkaido Sociological Association; HSA
Hokkaido Association for Urban Studies
International Federation of National Standardization (pn)
Institute for Democratic Education
Meiji Dairies Corporation
Special Committee on Drug Prices
Society for the Development of Greenspaces; sdg
Administrative Reform Commission (1983)
Industrial Relations Research Association
Industrial Accident Prevention Association; IAPA
Medical and Pharmaceutical Society for Wakan-Yaku
American Pain Society; APS
Yamaha Motor Company Limited
World Fellowship of Buddhists
International Police Association; IPA
Federation of Independent Unions of Japan (1956-1987)
Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry; JEMAI
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation; NTT
Electronic Industries Association of Japan; EIAJ
Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation; AAMT
European Computer Manufacturers Association; ECMA
The Japanese Association of Psychology for Human Services
Japan Information Service Industry Association; JISA
Japan Federation of Economic Organizations
Ise Shrine Offering Association (secular organization formed from Jingu-kyo in 1899; dissolved in 1946)
Interstate Commerce Commission (U.S.); ICC
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan; IPA
British Standards Institute; BSI
Kobe Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Reimeikai; progressive political society at various universities in Japan (1918-1920)
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee; CCITT
Japanese Association for Mental Health; JAMH
Japan Psychoanalytical Association
Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ)
Comite Consultatif International des Radiocommunications; CCIR
Commission Internationale de I'Eclairage; CIE
House of Representatives Steering Committee
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (pre-2019 name); JISC
Beneficência Nipo-Brasileira de São Paulo (Japanese association in Brazil)
The Japan International Doll and Toy Research Association
Tokiwakai Gakuen University
Kyōsei-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Shinwa-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Sōai-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Kyōdō-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Kyōdō-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Kyokutō-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Matsuba-kai (yakuza syndicate)
State Ethnic Affairs Commission (China)
National Society of Film Critics Awards
United Nations Human Rights Council; UNHRC
All-Japan Trade Union Congress (1954-1964)
All-Japan Trade Union Congress (1954-1964) (abbr)
trade talks between Japan and Dutch Indonesia (1934-37, 1940-41)
Kenshōkai (Buddhist lay group)
United Nations Human Rights Committee
Nippon Sei Ko Kai; Anglican Episcopal Church in Japan
International Cricket Council; ICC
Fuel Cell Commercialization Conference of Japan; FCCJ
National Federation of Employees' Pensioners' Associations
National Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives