government; administration
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
new government; new administration
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
government forces; government troops
within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka); (arch.) within the town limits of Edo
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
government body; government agency
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
high (government) official
federal government (e.g. USA, Australia, Mexico, Germany, Canada)
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)
the government; Administration
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
going to the capital; working in a government office
highest institute of education
(historical) army base; navy base
governments of various nations of the world
self-government; autonomous government; devolved government (e.g. in the UK)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)
anarchy; state of anarchy
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)
government-affiliated; state-dominated; government-run
interim government; provisional government; caretaker government
prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Hokkaido)
suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture
assize; court; legislature
government sources; official quarters
prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
entering the metropolitan area
Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang)
prefectural governor (of Osaka or Kyoto)
government plane (esp. for transporting senior politicians, etc.)
Official Development Assistance; ODA
path to the netherworld (underworld); Hades; Hell
government departments; ministries and agencies
government property; government owned
small government; limited government
Prime Minister's office; PMO
non-governmental organization; non-governmental organisation; NGO
Protectorate General (Han and Tang-period Chinese office)
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
ministerial aide; government delegate
the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder)
Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
(Osaka, Kyoto) party chapter
government of the Qing dynasty; Qing government
Chongqing government; Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War
House of Good Sense (nickname of the House of Councillors)
three metropolitan prefectures (Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka)
Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995)
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
fertile land; deep scholarship
prefectural residents' tax (in Kyoto or Osaka)
fountainhead of culture; Ministry of Education
government-managed health insurance
government-controlled rice
(under) urban prefectural management (Osaka or Kyoto)
balance wheel (in a watch); balance
government-guaranteed bond
Director General of Prime Minister's Office
within the town limits of Edo
within the town limits of Edo
urban prefectural tax (of Osaka or Kyoto)
prefectural system (as existed from 1890-1947)
prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka)
royal government (esp. Ryukyu Kingdom)
government funding; government-financed
Protectorate General to Pacify the East; Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE
Protectorate General to Pacify the North; Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE
Protectorate General of the Western Regions; Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE
Protectorate General of Annam; Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE
Protectorate General to Pacify the West; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE
Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands; Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE
Protectorate General of Beiting; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE
government-managed insurance
government office; public office
prefectural senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures); public senior high school (in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures)
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1952-1972)
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
government-backed institution; government sponsored enterprise; GSE
high-quality tobacco produced in Kokubu (Kagoshima prefecture)
high-quality tobacco produced in Kokubu (Kagoshima prefecture)
barred button quail (Turnix suscitator)