provincial capital (of China)
ministries and government offices; the authorities
energy conservation; economical use of energy
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1949-2001); MITI
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
reflection; consideration
(former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; Ministry of Defence (UK, etc.)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)
Department of Justice (US); Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)
Department of the Army; Ministry of the Army (Japan; 1872-1945)
railway line operated by the Ministry of Railways; city electric train operated by the Ministry of Railways
Department of the Imperial Household
in the ministry; in the department
Department of Defense (US); the Pentagon
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Ministry of the Environment
each ministry; each province (of China)
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; MLIT
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; MLIT
ministry proper; home office; head office; this ministry; this department
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (1925-1978)
Ministry of Tourism (Brazil, India, New Zealand, etc.); Department of Tourism (South Africa, Philippines, etc.)
(former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
conservation of electric power
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
Ministry of Religious Education (1872-1877)
Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949)
Shandong Province (China)
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
ministry in charge of military affairs (ritsuryō period); military command body (early Meiji period)
Ministry of Railways (1920-1943)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
Department of State (US); State Department
Department of Education (e.g. USA, Australia); Ministry of Education
Ministry of Culture (e.g. in China)
Guangdong Province (China); Canton; Kwangtung
Department of State Affairs (Tang dynasty China)
Secretariat (Tang dynasty China)
Ministry of Commerce and Industry (1925-1949)
the said ministry; the same ministry
Department of Health; Ministry of Health
manpower reduction; personnel saving
labor saving; reduction of labor
Chancellery (Tang dynasty China)
Department of Economic Affairs (Japan; 1964-1969); Ministry of the Economy (Brazil); Ministry of Finance
a certain ministry; an unspecified ministry
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryō system)
interests of a ministry; departmental interests
Ministry of Home Affairs (1960-2001)
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
Heilongjiang Province (China)
omission (of words and passages); abbreviation; writing a character in a simplified form; omitting strokes from a kanji
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1949-2001); MITI
Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that ...
(Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies
government departments; ministries and agencies
simplification of a kanji
Department of Homeland Security; DHS
three ministries (under the ritsuryō 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 (in China); person who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII; mainlander
ellipsis points (e.g. ...); suspension points; apostrophe
National Military Establishment (forerunner to the US Department of Defense; 1947-1949)
Department of trade; Ministry of trade
(government) ministry seal
Department of Agriculture (e.g. of the USA)
External Relations Ministry (Angola, Brazil, India)