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)
energy conservation; economical use of energy
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 of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
ministry proper; home office; head office; this ministry; this department
Ministry of Tourism (Brazil, India, New Zealand, etc.); Department of Tourism (South Africa, Philippines, etc.)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
(former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
conservation of electric power
Ministry of Religious Education (1872-1877)
Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
ministry in charge of military affairs (ritsuryo period); military command body (early Meiji period)
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
Department of Education (e.g. USA, Australia); Ministry of Education
Ministry of Culture (e.g. in China)
Guangdong Province (China); Canton; Kwangtung
Secretariat (Tang-dynasty China)
manpower reduction; personnel saving
labor saving; reduction of labor
Department of Health; Ministry of Health
the said ministry; the same ministry
Chancellery (Tang-dynasty China)
a certain ministry; an unspecified ministry
Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871); Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
Ministry of Home Affairs (1960-2001)
interests of a ministry; departmental interests
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
Heilongjiang Province (China)
provincial capital (of China)
(Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies
government departments; ministries and agencies
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。
abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
person from outside one's own province (China); person who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII; mainlander
National Military Establishment (forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense; 1947-1949)
each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; (lit.) when there are ministries, there is no country
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)
simplification of a kanji