provincial capital (of China)
energy conservation; economical use of energy
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
reflection; consideration
Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)
Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
Department of the Imperial Household
in the ministry; in the department
Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Ministry of the Environment
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
ministry proper; home office; head office; this ministry; this department
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Ministry of Tourism (Brazil, India, New Zealand, etc.); Department of Tourism (South Africa, Philippines, etc.)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
(former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
ministry in charge of military affairs (ritsuryo period); military command body (early Meiji period)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
conservation of electric power
Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
Ministry of Religious Education (1872-1877)
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
Department of Education (e.g. USA, Australia); Ministry of Education
Ministry of Culture (e.g. in China)
Guangdong Province (China); Canton; Kwangtung
the said ministry; the same ministry
Secretariat (Tang-dynasty China)
manpower reduction; personnel saving
Department of Health; Ministry of Health
interests of a ministry; departmental interests
labor saving; reduction of labor
Chancellery (Tang-dynasty China)
(Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies
a certain ministry; an unspecified ministry
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
Ministry of Home Affairs (1960-2001)
abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
Heilongjiang Province (China)
① 手紙で時候の挨拶などの前文を省くこと。また、そのときに手紙の冒頭に書く語。
government departments; ministries and agencies
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
simplification of a kanji
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health and War); three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory and Dept. of State Affairs)
each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; (lit.) when there are ministries, there is no country
person from outside one's own province (China); person who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII; mainlander
National Military Establishment (forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense; 1947-1949)