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In this encyclopedia, the following Japanese terms are translated into English as shown. Template:Wiktionarycat
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Japanese to English translations
(in no particular order, but by subject)
Politics and Administration
- 総裁（自民党） — (party) president (LDP)
- 政調会長・政治調査会長（自民党） — chairman of the Policy Research Council (LDP)
- 総務会長（自民党） — chairman of the general council (LDP)
- 代表（民主党） — (party) president (DP)
- 幹事長 — secretary—general
- 参議院 — House of Councillors
- 衆議院 — House of Representatives of Japan
- 国務大臣 — the Ministers of State
- 治安維持法 — Peace Preservation Law
- 郡 — district
- 明るく正しい選挙の推進 — promotion of fair election
- アクセス道路 — access road
- 字 — aza; village or town section in the Japanese addressing system(H)
- 圧力団体 — pressure group; special interest group
- 奄美群島振興開発事業 — Amami Islands Development Project
- 安全衛生管理者 — safety and sanitation manager
- 安全管理 — safety control; safety management
- 安全厚生推進室 — Safety and Health office
- 育児休業手当金 — childcare non—work allowance
- 育児休業法 — Law for the Right to Take Leave from Post for Infant Rearing
- 違憲立法審査権 — judicial review of legislative constitutionality
- 安全地帯 — safety zone; safety island; traffic island
- 委員会制度 — committee system
Historical Events / Terms
- 幕藩体制 — shogunate and domain system
- 老中 — senior councilors
- 若年寄 — junior councilors
- 町奉行 — commissioners of major cities
- 勘定奉行 — commissioners of finance
- 大目付 — inspectors general
- 鎖国政策 — seclusion policy (isolation policy)
- 国もと — province
- 人質 — hostage
- 譜代 — family's vassals
- 外様 — outside daimyo
- 親藩 — the Tokugawa family
- 士農工商 — warriors/farmers/artisans/tradesmen
- 石高 — Rice crop
- 関が原の戦い — the battle of Sekigahara
- 明治維新 — the Meiji Restoration
- 贈り名 — posthumous name
- 政令 — order
- 華族 — the nobility
- 関東大震災 — Great Kanto Earthquake
- 満州事変 — Manchurian Incident
- 摂政 — regency (摂政 Regent)
- 藤原氏 — Fujiwara clan
Business and Economics
- 八幡製鉄所 — Yawata Steel Works
- 青色申告 — blue tax return
- 青色事業専従者 — dependents of a taxpayer submitting a blue tax return
- 赤字原因 — cause of deficit
- 赤字鉄道路線 — deficit—ridden railway line
- 赤字国債 — a national deficit loan
- 赤字財政 — deficit finance
- 赤字団体 — local governments with financial deficit
- 赤字公債 — deficit bond; deficit—covering national bond
- 赤字バス路線 — deficit—ridden bus route
- 赤字予算 — deficit budget
- 赤字路線 — deficit—ridden transport line
- 圧縮記帳 — advanced depreciation
- 斡旋 — conciliation; arbitration; negotiation
- アンダーパー発行 — issue at under par value
Culture, the Arts, Religion
- 浮世絵 — ukiyoe wood block printing
- 俳句 — haiku poems
- 読み書きそろばん — the three R's
- 文化勲章 — a Cultural Medal
- 雛人形 — hina dolls
- 浄土宗 — the Pure Land sect
- 育英資金 — student awards; student grants; (scholarship: fellowship)
Semiconductor
- 実装- Mounting
- 基盤-Substrate (old translation: printed circuit board)
Miscellaneous
- 悪臭対策 — preventive measures against unpleasant odors
External links
- http://tokyo.cool.ne.jp/mrphnx/index.html in Japanese