Meanings
Noun
1. (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)
2. the centre or seat (of) (center)
3. (government) office
4. fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (46 in total)
within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka); (arch.) within the town limits of Edo
Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)
government; administration
Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)
new government; new administration
government-general
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
(historical) army base; navy base
Kyoto Prefecture
the government; Administration
capital; metropolis
Osaka prefecture
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
Cabinet Office
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)
suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture
capital; city
Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)
assize; court; legislature
prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
(Osaka, Kyoto) party chapter
Prime Minister's office; PMO
town; town walls
prefectural road
military government
Los Angeles
House of Good Sense (nickname of the House of Councillors)
administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Washington, DC
fountainhead of culture; Ministry of Education
government departments; ministries and agencies
urban prefectural tax (of Osaka or Kyoto)
Soviet Government
sink of iniquity
legitimate government
prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka)
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
prefectural assemblies
prefectural tax
royal government (esp. Ryukyu Kingdom)
Nishifu Station