order of chivalry; chivalric order
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
religious organization; religious organisation
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships
troupe; theatrical company
vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
foundation (institution); syndicate; group
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
detective team; study group; club
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
cheering group; cheering squad
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
team competition; team game
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack
young persons' association
band of robbers; gang of thieves
vigilante; member of a vigilante group
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
living in a group; communal living; community life
acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action
public corporation; public housing
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
leaving (a group, team, etc.)
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)
group suicide; mass suicide; arranged suicide of two or more people
League of Blood (1930s ultranationalist Japanese terrorist organization)
orchestra member; musician
happy family get-together
corporate (e.g. sports team); business organization; business corporation
charitable organization; charitable institution; charity
happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
team (of players, athletes); squad; (sports) delegation
dumpling store; dumpling seller
negotiation team; negotiating body
band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai
opera company; opera troupe; musical revue; operetta company; operetta troupe
branch (of a larger organization); local chapter
volunteer group; volunteer organization
being bunched up together; being crowded together
Japan Business Federation; Keidanren
political organization; political organisation
team of lawyers; defense team; defence team; litigation team
going to school in groups
member of an organized crime group; gangster; mobster; yakuza
incorporated foundation; juridical foundation
apartment wife (esp. one who spends a lot of time alone while her husband is at work)
press group; press corps; group of reporters; press organization; press organisation
designated organized crime group; designated criminal organisation; designated bōryokudan; designated yakuza group; group officially listed as criminal by the National Police Agency
mass; lump; nodule; baby boom generation (of 1947-1949); babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)
local public body; local government
environmental organization; environmental group
right-wing organization; right-wing group
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
mass infection; infection outbreak; infection cluster
group suicide; mass suicide
human rights organization; human rights organisation
right to collective defense; right to collective defence
nongovernment organization (organisation); NGO
civil defense unit (Japan, 1939-1947); voluntary guards
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
gang assault; mob violence; gang rape
foreign-settlement corporation
class action; class-action suit; class-action lawsuit
baby boom generation (of 1947-1949)
marines (former Japanese Navy)
the babyboomers; the baby boom generation
Médecins Sans Frontières; MSF; Doctors Without Borders
sasadango; rice dumpling made with mugwort and red bean paste steamed in a bamboo leaf
snub nose; pug nose; button-shaped nose; bulbous nose; cauliflower-shaped nose
spirit of unity; team spirit; esprit de corps
plaintiff group; plaintiffs
person involved in a gang; person with gangster associations; yakuza member
voluntary organization; volunteer group
mass outbreak (of a disease)
Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway; Eidan subway
nonprofit organization; nonprofit organisation
merger; (presenting a) united front
tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
National Space Development Agency; NASDA
mugwort-flavored rice dumpling (flavoured)
member of an organized crime group; yakuza; gangster; mobster
self defense group; self defence group; self-protection
wind instrument orchestra; wind band; brass band
employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved
auxiliary organization (organisation); extra-departmental body; fringe organization
dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)
environmental organization; environmental group
biker gang; group of hot-rodders
military assistance advisory group
employee of a non-governmental or non-profit organization
labor body; labour body; labor organization; labour organization; labor federation; labour federation
population; universe; parent set
dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
public interest incorporated foundation
airborne brigade; parachute brigate
Rosicrucian; Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
public organization; public organisation
public-service corporation; charitable corporation
patriotic group or organization (organisation)
general incorporated association
group discount (rate, reduction)
midfield (in a horse race or motor race); middle of the pack
gang stalker; mass stalker; gang stalking; mass stalking
corporate juridical person; incorporated body; corporation
advisory body; think tank
dango; rice dumpling; hair bun; chignon
groupism; group mentality; collectivism
group medical examination
mud pie; seed ball ("nature farming" technique); deer truffle (Elaphomyces granulatus); false truffle
yakuza group; (lit.) chivalrous organization
nonparliamentary party association
Teutonic Knights; Teutonic Order
ceremony celebrating the formation of an organization (organisation)
Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901); Boxer Uprising; Yihetuan Movement
Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members
organized crime syndicate; criminal group; (lit.) antisocial group
private organization (neither controlled nor protected by law); private organisation
affiliate (company, organization); concerned bodies; interested organizations
living in a housing complex
right to organize (of workers); right to organise
social group with common ties to a region
collectivization of agriculture (in the Soviet Union)
consanguineous group; kin group
forming into an organization; forming into an organisation; setting up a group
ball-like; roundly solid; lump (of many different things); bunch; mass
convoy system; Japanese economic policy of preventing weaker financial institutions from failing
strikers; workers on strike
general incorporated foundation
right to organize and bargain collectively (organise)
Japan Business Federation; Keidanren
service organization; service club; volunteer group
loosely organized criminal gang; non-yakuza organized crime group
right to collective bargaining
combating organized crime; elimination of criminal gangs
Japanese colonists of Manchuria and Inner Mongolia
civilian defense corps (Japan, 1932-1939)
seed ball ("natural farming" technique)
esprit de corps; spirit of the corps
Knights Hospitallers; Knights Hospitalers
human rights organization; human rights organisation
belligerent communities; armed resistance group
umbrella organization; governing body; sanctioning body
second-generation baby boomer (born 1971-1974)
women's organization; women's group; women's movement
group credit life insurance; creditor's group life insurance; creditor's insurance policy
academic society; learned body (society)
especially dangerous designated criminal group; especially dangerous designated boryokudan
political fundraiser; organization that financially assists a political party
local governmental body that requires federal oversight to recover from its debts
National Science Foundation (USA); NSF
London Symphony Orchestra (LSO)
team of adventurers; group of adventurers
type of local militia in China most active during the Qing dynasty
public utility foundation
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
Japan Highway Public Corporation; JHPC
United Church of Christ in Japan
special local public entity
Nippon Foundation Library
industrial complex; industrial park
organized crime syndicate; organised crime syndicate
Labour Welfare Corporation
international monitoring team; IMT; international observers
occupational group; professional group; occupational cohort
cake tea (e.g. Pu-erh tea)
group credit life insurance; creditor's group life insurance; creditor's insurance policy
small sweet rice cakes placed at the bedside of the deceased
Japan International Cooperation Agency (1974); JICA
tatami mat size used in apartment complexes (170 cm by 85 cm)
Japan Sewage Works Agency
Japan Private School Promotion Foundation
Federation of New Religious Organizations in Japan
Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) (abbr)
Korean Residents Union in Japan; Mindan
Japan Small Business Corporation; JSBC
National Federation of Employees' Pensioners' Associations
wildlife protection organization (organisation)
local government code; standard area code
Japan Federation of Employers' Associations
Botchan dango; tricolor dango on a skewer (matcha, egg yolk, and red bean paste)
mass (labor) negotiation; mass bargaining session; public negotiation
team combined (gymnastics)
Japan-Sea Polar-Airmass Convergence Zone; JPCZ
Nihon Hidankyo; Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
business organization; business corporation; businessmen's body
Korean Residents Union in Japan (former name)
Japan Federation of Economic Organizations
Japanese National Railways Settlement Corporation; JNR SC
Financial Accounting Standards Foundation; FASF
team spirit; esprit de corps; corporate spirit
Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations; Nihon Hidankyo
Electronic Frontier Foundation; EFF
Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation; PNC
International Coalition of Fisheries Associations; ICFA
National Farmers' Organization
Research Development Corp. of Japan
professional association; professional body; professional organization; professional society
Pension Welfare Service Public Corporation
Smaller Enterprise Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid Corporation
Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation
Reporters Without Borders; Reporters Sans Frontières
Employment Promotion Corporation
Japan Science and Technology Corporation; JST
nonprofit organization; NPO
standards organization; standards body
Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation
Air Developing and Proving Command
ultra-leftist violent group; far-left extremist group
Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority; HSBA
Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)
Church of Perfect Liberty (religious group founded in Japan in 1924)
Agriculture Land Development Machinery Public Corporation
Korea Industrial Safety Corporation; Korea Occupational Safety and Health Administration
National Sleep Foundation
Mutual Aid Associations of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Corporation Personnel
pre-babyboomers (children born between 1943 and 1946 in Japan)
Foundation for International Information Processing Education; FINIPED
Japan Agricultural Land Development Agency
Japan Petroleum Development Corporation
Foundation for Advancement of International Science
Establishment of Tropical Marine Ecological Research
Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation
Water Resources Development Public Corporation
Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation
health maintenance organization (organisation); HMO
Japan Regional Development Corporation
Forest Development Corporation
National Headache Foundation
New Tokyo International Airport Authority
crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection)
Passenger Ship Corporation
Advertising Research Foundation; ARF
criminal organization; organized crime group
report group description entry
Korean Residents Union in Japan (abbr)
Cultural Heritage Foundation
Praesepe; Beehive Cluster
Housing and Urban Development Corporation
Urban Development Corporation
acrobatic troupe; circus troupe
International Osteoporosis Foundation; IOF
Maritime Credit Corporation
Nihon Hidankyo (abbr); Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
leaving a (school) club (upon graduation)
third-generation baby-boomer (people born between 1975 and 1982)
Japan Green Resources Corporation (now Japan Green Resources Agency)
Animal Teidan (comedy duo)
kabuki performance in commemoration of Danjuro and Kikugoro
National Osteoporosis Foundation; NOF
common pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare)
lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus); lumpsucker; henfish; sea hen