[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
[ないかく, naikaku] (n, adj-no) cabinet; (government) ministry; (P) #1138
[しょく, shoku] (n) (See 律令制) agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) #1758
[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
[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
[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
[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
[ざいむしょう, zaimushou] (n) Ministry of Finance #9234
[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
[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
[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
[けいぶ, keibu] (n) (See 六部・りくぶ) Ministry of Justice (Tang-dynasty China) #18087
[へいぶ, heibu] (n) (See 六部・りくぶ) Ministry of War (Tang-dynasty China) #18150
[こくぼうしょう, kokuboushou] (n) Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; (British) Ministry of Defence #18302
[しほうしょう, shihoushou] (n) (See 法務省) Ministry of Justice (1871-1948 CE) #18589
[メティ, metei] (n) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
[ku-rubizu] (n) (See ウォームビズ) cool biz; cool business; business casual (Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) campaign encouraging people to wear lighter clothes and for companies to set their air conditioners to 28C, etc.)
[かかん, kakan] (n) (See 六官) Ministry of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
[かくしょう, kakushou] (n) each ministry
[きょうぶしょう, kyoubushou] (n) (obs) Ministry of Religious Education (1872-1877)
[ぎょうぶしょう;うたえただすつかさ;うたえのつかさ, gyoubushou ; utaetadasutsukasa ; utaenotsukasa] (n) (1) (ぎょうぶしょう only) Ministry of Justice (1869-1871 CE); (2) (See 律令制) Ministry of Justice (under the ritsuryo system)
[けいざいさんぎょうしょう, keizaisangyoushou] (n) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
[けいさんしょう, keisanshou] (n) (abbr) (See 経済産業省) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
[こぶ;こほう, kobu ; kohou] (n) (See 六部・りくぶ) Ministry of Revenue (Tang-dynasty China)
[こうせいろうどうしょう, kouseiroudoushou] (n) Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
[こうろうしょう, kouroushou] (n) (abbr) (See 厚生労働省) Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
[こうぶ, koubu] (n) (See 六部・りくぶ) Ministry of Works (Tang-dynasty China)
[こっこうしょう, kokkoushou] (n) (abbr) (See 国土交通省) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
[こくどこうつうしょう, kokudokoutsuushou] (n) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
[じぶしょう;おさむるつかさ, jibushou ; osamurutsukasa] (n) (See 律令制) Ministry of Civil Administration (under the ritsuryo system)
[じちしょう, jichishou] (n) Ministry of Home Affairs; (P)
[しきぶしょう, shikibushou] (n) (Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies
[しゅうかん, shuukan] (n) (See 六官) Ministry of Justice (Zhou-dynasty China)
[しゅんかん, shunkan] (n) (See 六官) Ministry of Rites (Zhou-dynasty China)
[しょうあってくになし, shouattekuninashi] (exp) each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country (lit
[しょうない, shounai] (n) in the ministry; in the department
[しょうむぶ, shoumubu] (n) Litigation Department (of the Ministry of Justice)
[じんぎしょう, jingishou] (n) (obs) Ministry of Divinities (1871-1872)