[だいがく, daigaku] (n) (1) (See 総合大学) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; (2) (abbr) (See 大学寮, 国学・こくがく・2) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); (3) (See 四書) the Great Learning - one of the Four Books; (P) #195
[どう, dou] (n) (1) (abbr) road; (2) way; (3) Buddhist teachings; (4) Taoism; (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea) #201
[がくせい, gakusei] (n) (1) (arch) Heian-period student of government administration; (2) (arch) Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism; (3) (arch) learning; scholarship #423
[しょう, shou] (n, n-suf) (1) ministry; department; (2) province (of China); (n-pref) (3) (See 省スペース) saving; conserving #652
[せいふ, seifu] (n) government; administration; (P) #734
[ぎょうせい, gyousei] (n, adj-no) administration; (P) #761
[まさ, masa] (n, n-pref) (1) (See 従・じゅ) greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior; (2) (しょう only) (See 長官・かみ) director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief; (pref) (3) (しょう only) (before a number) exactly; precisely #784
[うんえい, un'ei] (n, vs) management; administration; operation; (P) #914
[けいえい, keiei] (n, vs) management; administration; (P) #1002
[ないかく, naikaku] (n, adj-no) cabinet; (government) ministry; (P) #1138
[とどうふけん, todoufuken] (n) administrative divisions of Japan #1381
[りょうり, ryouri] (n, vs) (1) cooking; cookery; cuisine; (2) (nuance of doing it easily) dealing with something; handling; administration; management; (P) #1438
[れい, rei] (n) (arch) administrative and civil code #1718
[しょく, shoku] (n) (See 律令制) agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) #1758
[あたい;あたえ(直;費);あたいえ(直)(ok), atai ; atae ( choku ; hi ); ataie ( choku )(ok)] (n) (See 国造, 姓・かばね) Atai (post-Taika hereditary title often given to regional administrators) #1785
[ちょうかん, choukan] (n, adj-no) (arch) (See 四等官) director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief #1886
[せいけん, seiken] (n) (political) administration; political power; (P) #1955
[こうせい, kousei] (n) (1) welfare; public welfare; social welfare; (2) (abbr) (See 厚生省) (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare; (P) #3455
[しほう, shihou] (n, adj-no) administration of justice; (P) #4343
[りょう, ryou] (n) (1) hostel; dormitory; (2) (arch) (See 律令制) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (P) #4528
[がいむしょう, gaimushou] (n) Ministry of Foreign Affairs; (P) #4720
[もんぶ, monbu] (n) (abbr) (See 文部科学省) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; (P) #4741
[ぶぎょう, bugyou] (n, vs) magistrate; shogunate administrator; (P) #5607
[ろうどうしょう, roudoushou] (n) (See 厚生労働省) Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare); (P) #6154
[ないむしょう, naimushou] (n) (obs) Ministry of Home Affairs #6461
[しっせい, shissei] (n, adj-no) administration; government; administrator; governor #6918
[おおくら, ookura] (n) Ministry of Finance; (P) #7072
[おおくらしょう, ookurashou] (n) (See 財務省) (former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000); (P) #7337
[もんぶしょう, monbushou] (n) (abbr) (See 文部科学省) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; (P) #8427
[ぶんせい, bunsei] (n) (1) educational policies or administration; (2) Bunsei era (1818.4.22-1830.12.10) #9232
[ざいむしょう, zaimushou] (n) Ministry of Finance #9234
[ちょうせい, chousei] (n) town organization; town organisation; town administration #9439
[かんきょうしょう, kankyoushou] (n) Ministry of the Environment #9508
[けんせつしょう, kensetsushou] (n) Ministry of Construction; (P) #9969
[せいしょく, seishoku] (n, adj-no) sacred profession; holy orders; vocation; ministry #10090
[すけ, suke] (n) (arch) (See 四等官) assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period) #10735
[ほうし, houshi] (n, vs) attendance; service; ministry; church work; (P) #11284
[のうりんすいさんしょう, nourinsuisanshou] (n) Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF #11947
[ほうむしょう, houmushou] (n) Ministry of Justice; (P) #12596
[ぼうえいちょう, boueichou] (n) (See 防衛省) Japan Defense Agency (Defence) (became Japanese Ministry of Defense in Jan. 2007); (P) #12785
[しょうちょう, shouchou] (n) ministries and government offices; the authorities; (P) #13439
[くにのみやつこ;くにつこ;こくぞう, kuninomiyatsuko ; kunitsuko ; kokuzou] (n) regional administrator (pre-Taika hereditary title) #13497
[こあざ, koaza] (n) small administrative unit (of a village) #13973
[つうたつ, tsuutatsu] (n, vs) notification; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); (P) #14207
[うんゆしょう, unyushou] (n) Ministry of Transport; (P) #14337
[ゆうせいしょう, yuuseishou] (n) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications; (P) #15980
[こうせいしょう, kouseishou] (n) (See 厚生労働省) Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare); (P) #16532
[ぶんち;ぶんじ, bunchi ; bunji] (n) (1) civil administration; (2) (ぶんじ only) Bunji era (1185.8.14-1190.4.11) #17132
[りつりょう;りつれい, ritsuryou ; ritsurei] (n) (See 律, 令・りょう) criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models #17807
[けいぶ, keibu] (n) (See 六部・りくぶ) Ministry of Justice (Tang-dynasty China) #18087