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Japanese newspaper compunds

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会社 【かいしゃ】① company, corporation ② workplace
外国 【がいこく】foreign country
学校 【がっこう】school
学生 【がくせい】student (esp. a university student)
午後 【ごご】afternoon, p.m.
午前 【ごぜん】morning, a.m.
時間 【じかん】① time ② hours
週間 【しゅうかん】week, weekly
新聞 【しんぶん】newspaper
大学 【だいがく】① post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc. ② the Great Learning - one of the Four Books
電気 【でんき】① electricity ② (electric) light
意味 【いみ】meaning, significance
映画 【えいが】movie, film
音楽 【おんがく】music, musical movement
家族 【かぞく】family, members of a family
銀行 【ぎんこう】bank
仕事 【しごと】① work, job, business, occupation, employment, vocation, task ② work
自分 【じぶん】① myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself ② I, me
質問 【しつもん】question, inquiry, enquiry
病院 【びょういん】hospital
問題 【もんだい】problem, question
家庭 【かてい】home, family, household
全部 【ぜんぶ】all, entire, whole, altogether
子供 【こども】child, children
生徒 【せいと】pupil
必要 【ひつよう】① necessary, needed, essential, indispensable ② necessity, need, requirement
以下 【いか】① not exceeding, and downward, ... and below ② below (e.g. standard), under (e.g. a level) ③ the below-mentioned, the following, the rest
以外 【いがい】with the exception of, excepting
以上 【いじょう】① not less than, ... and more, ... and upwards ② beyond ... (e.g. one's means), further (e.g. nothing further to say), more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that) ③ above-mentioned, foregoing ④ since ..., seeing that ... ⑤ this is all, that is the end, the end
意見 【いけん】opinion, view
運転 【うんてん】operation, motion, driving
運動 【うんどう】motion, exercise
計画 【けいかく】plan, project, schedule, scheme, program, programme
研究 【けんきゅう】study, research, investigation
工業 【こうぎょう】(manufacturing) industry
校長 【こうちょう】principal, headmaster
高校 【こうこう】senior high school
試験 【しけん】examination, test, study, trial, experiment
試合 【しあい】match, game, bout, contest
時代 【じだい】① period, epoch, era, age ② the times, those days ③ oldness, ancientness, antiquity ④ antique, period piece
社会 【しゃかい】society, public
社長 【しゃちょう】company president, manager, director
十分 【じゅうぶん】① plenty, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, adequate ② division into ten ③ perfectly, thoroughly, fully, in full
少年 【しょうねん】boys, juveniles
場合 【ばあい】case, situation
世界 【せかい】the world, society, the universe
説明 【せつめい】explanation, exposition
大体 【だいたい】general, substantially, outline, main point, approximately, about
特別 【とくべつ】special
工場 【こうじょう】factory, plant, mill, workshop
科学 【かがく】science
教育 【きょういく】training, education
交通 【こうつう】communication, transportation, traffic, intercourse
自由 【じゆう】freedom, liberty, as it pleases you
生活 【せいかつ】living, life (one's daily existence), livelihood
相談 【そうだん】consultation, discussion
反対 【はんたい】opposition, resistance, antagonism, hostility, contrast, objection, dissension, reverse, opposite, vice versa
部長 【ぶちょう】① head (chief, director) of a section or department ② head of a (school) club, head of a (school) team
文化 【ぶんか】① culture, civilization, civilisation ② Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
放送 【ほうそう】broadcast, broadcasting
貿易 【ぼうえき】trade (foreign)
予定 【よてい】plans, arrangement, schedule, program, programme, expectation, estimate
理由 【りゆう】reason, pretext, motive
課長 【かちょう】section manager, section chief
会議 【かいぎ】meeting, conference, session, assembly, council, convention, congress
関係 【かんけい】relation, connection
危険 【きけん】① danger, peril, hazard ② dangerous, hazardous
機械 【きかい】① machine, mechanism ② instrument, appliance, apparatus
技術 【ぎじゅつ】art, craft, technique, technology, engineering, skill
経済 【けいざい】economics, business, finance, economy
警察 【けいさつ】police
原因 【げんいん】cause, origin, source
国際 【こくさい】international
最近 【さいきん】latest, most recent, nowadays
最後 【さいご】① last, end, conclusion ② (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga") no sooner than, right after (often having negative consequences)
最初 【さいしょ】beginning, outset, first, onset
産業 【さんぎょう】industry
市民 【しみん】citizen, townspeople
準備 【じゅんび】preparation, setup, arrangements, provision, reserve
将来 【しょうらい】future (usually near), prospects
政治 【せいじ】politics, government
専門 【せんもん】speciality, specialty, subject of study, expert
戦争 【せんそう】war
法律 【ほうりつ】law
輸出 【ゆしゅつ】① export ② efferent (medical)
利用 【りよう】use, utilization, utilisation, application
連絡 【れんらく】① to contact, to get in touch ② contacting, getting in touch, communication, call, message ③ connection, coordination, junction ④ intercalary, intercalaris, internuncial
今後 【こんご】from now on, hereafter
中学 【ちゅうがく】middle school, junior high school
以来 【いらい】since, henceforth
一方 【いっぽう】① one (esp. of two), the other, one way, the other way, one direction, the other direction, one side, the other side, one party, the other party ② on the one hand, on the other hand ③ whereas, although, but at the same time, meanwhile, in turn ④ (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps, being inclined to ..., tending to be ..., tending to do ..., continuously ..., just keeps on ...ing, only
会計 【かいけい】account, finance, accountant, treasurer, paymaster, reckoning, bill
開始 【かいし】start, commencement, beginning, initiation
行動 【こうどう】action, conduct, behaviour, behavior, mobilization, mobilisation
国家 【こっか】state, country, nation
国会 【こっかい】National Diet, parliament, congress
作業 【さぎょう】work, operation, manufacturing, fatigue duty
使用 【しよう】use, application, employment, utilization, utilisation
自動 【じどう】① automatic, self-motion ② intransitive verb
重大 【じゅうだい】serious, important, significant, grave, weighty
正午 【しょうご】noon, mid-day
青年 【せいねん】youth, young man
代理 【だいり】representation, agency, proxy, deputy, agent, attorney, substitute, alternate, acting (principal, etc.)
大会 【たいかい】convention, tournament, mass meeting, rally
知事 【ちじ】prefectural governor
地方 【ちほう】① area, locality, district, region, province ② countryside, rural area ③ coast (esp. as seen from the water) ④ person singing ballads in Noh, person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance
中心 【ちゅうしん】center, centre, middle, heart, core, focus, pivot, emphasis, balance
注目 【ちゅうもく】notice, attention, observation
発見 【はっけん】discovery, detection, finding
発行 【はっこう】① issue (publications), publishing ② raising an event (software)
不正 【ふせい】injustice, unfairness, iniquity, impropriety, irregularity, dishonesty, illegality, fraud
不足 【ふそく】insufficiency, shortage, deficiency, lack, dearth
立場 【たちば】standpoint, position, situation
安定 【あんてい】stability, equilibrium
委員 【いいん】committee member
外交 【がいこう】diplomacy
活動 【かつどう】action, activity
期間 【きかん】period, term, interval
期待 【きたい】expectation, anticipation, hope
記事 【きじ】article, news story, report, account
記者 【きしゃ】reporter
記録 【きろく】① record, minutes, document ② a record (e.g. in sports), results, score ③ to record, to document ④ to set a record (e.g. in sports), to show a result, to reach a value
決定 【けってい】decision, determination
合計 【ごうけい】sum total, total amount
今回 【こんかい】now, this time, lately
参加 【さんか】participation
市場 【いちば】① (town) market ② (the) marketplace
指導 【しどう】① leadership, guidance, coaching ② shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
事実 【じじつ】fact, truth, reality
事情 【じじょう】circumstances, consideration, conditions, situation, reasons
時期 【じき】time, season, period
実行 【じっこう】practice, practise, performance, execution (e.g. program) (programme), realization, realisation, implementation
首相 【しゅしょう】Prime Minister, Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.), Premier
出身 【しゅっしん】① person's origin (town, city, country, etc.) ② institution from which one graduated ③ director in charge of employee relations
書類 【しょるい】documents, official papers
正式 【せいしき】due form, official, formality
組合 【くみあい】association, union
相当 【そうとう】① befitting, becoming, worthy of, proportionate, in keeping with, suitable ② considerable, substantial ③ to be worthy of, to be proportionate to ④ to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.), to be equivalent ⑤ extremely, considerably
代表 【だいひょう】representative, representation, delegation, type, example, model
地区 【ちく】district, section, sector
中央 【ちゅうおう】centre, central, center, middle
鉄道 【てつどう】railroad
都市 【とし】town, city, municipal, urban
同様 【どうよう】identical, equal to, same (kind), like, similarity
農家 【のうか】farmer, farm family
農業 【のうぎょう】agriculture
発表 【はっぴょう】announcement, publication
犯人 【はんにん】offender, criminal
部分 【ぶぶん】portion, section, part
平和 【へいわ】peace, harmony
目的 【もくてき】purpose, goal, aim, objective, intention
野球 【やきゅう】baseball
予算 【よさん】estimate, budget
留学 【りゅうがく】studying abroad (usu. at university level)
列車 【れっしゃ】train (ordinary)
全国 【ぜんこく】country-wide, nation-wide, whole country, national
協力 【きょうりょく】cooperation, collaboration
違反 【いはん】violation (of law), transgression, infringement, breach
一般 【いっぱん】general, liberal, universal, ordinary, average
演説 【えんぜつ】speech, address
可能 【かのう】possible, practicable, feasible
解決 【かいけつ】settlement, solution, resolution
解散 【かいさん】breakup, dissolution
確認 【かくにん】affirmation, confirmation, validation
完成 【かんせい】① complete, completion ② perfection, accomplishment
完全 【かんぜん】perfection, completeness
完了 【かんりょう】① completion, conclusion ② perfective (form, aspect)
管理 【かんり】control, management (e.g. of a business)
関心 【かんしん】concern, interest
希望 【きぼう】hope, wish, aspiration
記念 【きねん】commemoration, memory
議会 【ぎかい】Diet, congress, parliament
議長 【ぎちょう】chairman, speaker (e.g. of assembly), president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.), moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)
許可 【きょか】permission, approval, authorization
競技 【きょうぎ】game, match, contest
教師 【きょうし】teacher (classroom)
傾向 【けいこう】tendency, trend, inclination
経営 【けいえい】management, administration
建設 【けんせつ】construction, establishment
建築 【けんちく】construction, architecture
見解 【けんかい】opinion, point of view
現金 【げんきん】cash, ready money, mercenary, self-interested
現在 【げんざい】now, current, present, present time, as of
誤解 【ごかい】misunderstanding
国民 【こくみん】nation, nationality, people, citizen
困難 【こんなん】difficulty, distress
最高 【さいこう】highest, supreme, the most
最低 【さいてい】① least, lowest, worst ② nasty, disgusting, horrible, yuck!
支店 【してん】branch store (office)
事件 【じけん】event, affair, incident, case, plot, trouble, scandal
事務 【じむ】business, office work
失業 【しつぎょう】unemployment
実現 【じつげん】implementation (e.g. of a system), materialization, materialisation, realization, realisation
実際 【じっさい】① practicality, practical ② reality, actuality, actual conditions ③ bhutakoti (limit of reality)
住宅 【じゅうたく】residence, housing, residential building
重要 【じゅうよう】important, momentous, essential, principal, major
出席 【しゅっせき】① attendance, presence, appearance ② to attend, to be present, to appear
処理 【しょり】processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal
承認 【しょうにん】recognition, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, approval, consent, agreement
職業 【しょくぎょう】occupation, business
職場 【しょくば】one's post, place of work, workplace
制限 【せいげん】restriction, restraint, limitation, limit
制度 【せいど】system, institution, organization, organisation
成績 【せいせき】results, record, grades
政府 【せいふ】government, administration
生産 【せいさん】production, manufacture
責任 【せきにん】① duty, responsibility (incl. supervision of staff) ② liability, onus
増加 【ぞうか】increase, increment, addition
対象 【たいしょう】target, object (of worship, study, etc.), subject (of taxation, etc.)
大臣 【だいじん】cabinet minister
団体 【だんたい】organization, organisation, association
地域 【ちいき】area, region
調査 【ちょうさ】investigation, examination, inquiry, enquiry, survey
直接 【ちょくせつ】direct, immediate, personal, firsthand
程度 【ていど】degree, amount, grade, standard, of the order of (following a number)
努力 【どりょく】great effort, exertion, endeavour, endeavor, effort
内容 【ないよう】subject, contents, matter, substance, detail, import
農民 【のうみん】farmers, peasants
販売 【はんばい】sales, selling, marketing
被害 【ひがい】damage
非常 【ひじょう】emergency, extraordinary, unusual
婦人 【ふじん】woman, lady, adult female
報告 【ほうこく】report, information
方針 【ほうしん】objective, plan, policy
訪問 【ほうもん】call, visit
優勝 【ゆうしょう】overall victory, championship
要求 【ようきゅう】demand, firm request, requisition, requirement, desire
平均 【へいきん】① average, mean ② balance, equilibrium
支払い 【しはらい】payment
手続き 【てつづき】procedure, (legal) process, formalities
労働 【ろうどう】① manual labor, manual labour, toil, work ② Labour Party
維持 【いじ】maintenance, preservation, improvement
影響 【えいきょう】influence, effect
援助 【えんじょ】assistance, aid, support
汚染 【おせん】pollution, contamination
価格 【かかく】price, value, cost
監督 【かんとく】① supervision, control, superintendence, direction ② director, superintendent, supervisor, coach, foreman, manager, overseer, controller, boss
企業 【きぎょう】enterprise, undertaking, corporation, business
基本 【きほん】foundation, basis, standard
教授 【きょうじゅ】① professor ② teaching, instruction
金融 【きんゆう】financing, credit transacting, loaning of money, circulation of money
契約 【けいやく】contract, compact, agreement
結果 【けっか】① result, consequence, outcome, effect ② coming to fruition, bearing fruit
結局 【けっきょく】after all, eventually, in the end
結論 【けつろん】conclusion
憲法 【けんぽう】constitution
検査 【けんさ】inspection (e.g. customs, factory), examination, scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
検討 【けんとう】consideration, examination, investigation, study, scrutiny, discussion
考慮 【こうりょ】consideration, taking into account
裁判 【さいばん】trial, judgement, judgment
事業 【じぎょう】project, enterprise, business, industry, operations
実施 【じっし】enforcement, implementation, putting into practice (practise), carrying out, operation, working (e.g. working parameters), enactment
主義 【しゅぎ】doctrine, rule, principle
主張 【しゅちょう】claim, request, insistence, assertion, advocacy, emphasis, contention, opinion, tenet
修正 【しゅうせい】amendment, correction, revision, modification, alteration, retouching, update, fix
出張 【しゅっちょう】official tour, business trip
条件 【じょうけん】condition, conditions, term, terms, requirement, requirements
状態 【じょうたい】current status, condition, situation, circumstances, state
食糧 【しょくりょう】provisions, rations, food supply
整理 【せいり】sorting, arrangement, organization, putting in order, adjustment, regulation, liquidation
製品 【せいひん】manufactured goods, finished goods, product
組織 【そしき】① organization, organisation ② structure, construction ③ tissue ④ system
態度 【たいど】attitude, manner, behaviour
逮捕 【たいほ】arrest, apprehension, capture
提案 【ていあん】proposal, proposition, suggestion
提出 【ていしゅつ】① to present, to submit (e.g. a report or a thesis), to hand in, to file, to turn in ② presentation, submission, filing
徹底 【てってい】thoroughness, completeness, consistency
投票 【とうひょう】voting, poll
博士 【はかせ】① doctorate, PhD, Dr (as a title) ② expert, learned person
物価 【ぶっか】prices of commodities, prices (in general), cost-of-living
模様 【もよう】pattern, figure, design
目下 【もっか】at present, now
目標 【もくひょう】mark, objective, target
工事 【こうじ】construction work, construction, work (related to construction, e.g. painting, concrete-pouring, etc.)
死体 【したい】dead body, corpse, cadaver
出場 【しゅつじょう】(stage) appearance, participation, performance
人事 【じんじ】personnel affairs, human affairs, human resources, HR
同時 【どうじ】simultaneous(ly), concurrent, same time, synchronous, together
年度 【ねんど】year, fiscal year, school year, term
回答 【かいとう】reply, answer
強化 【きょうか】strengthen, intensify, reinforce, solidify, enhancement
合同 【ごうどう】combination, incorporation, union, amalgamation, fusion, congruence
指定 【してい】designation, specification, assignment, appointment, pointing at
重点 【じゅうてん】important point, lay stress on, colon, emphasis
水準 【すいじゅん】① level, standard ② water level
対立 【たいりつ】confrontation, opposition, antagonism
追加 【ついか】addition, supplement, append (e.g. to a file), appendix
定員 【ていいん】fixed number of regular personnel, capacity (of boat, hall, aeroplane, airplane, etc.)
農村 【のうそん】agricultural community, farm village, rural
方面 【ほうめん】① direction, district, area ② field (e.g. of study)
本部 【ほんぶ】headquarters, head office, main office
役所 【やくしょ】government office, public office
可決 【かけつ】approval, adoption (e.g. motion, bill), passage
改正 【かいせい】revision, amendment, alteration
各地 【かくち】every place, various places
機関 【きかん】① engine ② agency, organisation, organization, institution, organ ③ system, facility, facilities
給与 【きゅうよ】pay, salary, wages, allowance, grant, supply
漁業 【ぎょぎょう】fishing (industry)
候補 【こうほ】① candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list ② candidacy, candidature, nomination
公共 【こうきょう】public, community, public service, society, communal
公務 【こうむ】official business, public business
児童 【じどう】children, juvenile
自治 【じち】self-government, autonomy
成立 【せいりつ】① coming into existence, arrangements, establishment, conclusion, completion ② to come into existence, to be true, to hold (i.e. hold true)
政党 【せいとう】political party
超過 【ちょうか】excess, being more than
通信 【つうしん】correspondence, communication, transmission, news, signal
付近 【ふきん】neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity, environs
民間 【みんかん】private, civilian, civil, popular, folk, unofficial
輸送 【ゆそう】transport, transportation
予報 【よほう】forecast, prediction
連合 【れんごう】① union, alliance, combination ② RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
共同 【きょうどう】doing together (as equals), sharing, common (land, etc.), joint (statement, etc.), cooperation, co-operation, collaboration, association
水産 【すいさん】marine products, fisheries
為替 【かわせ】① money order, draft ② exchange (e.g. foreign)
一応 【いちおう】once, tentatively, in outline, for the time being, just in case
姿勢 【しせい】attitude, posture
対策 【たいさく】counter-plan, counter-measure
調整 【ちょうせい】regulation, coordination, adjustment, tuning, modification, alteration
統一 【とういつ】unity, consolidation, uniformity, unification, compatible
評論 【ひょうろん】criticism, critique
保健 【ほけん】health preservation, hygiene, sanitation
臨時 【りんじ】temporary, special, extraordinary
基準 【きじゅん】standard, basis, criterion, norm, reference, datum
女子 【おなご】woman, girl
一部 【いちぶ】① one part, one portion, one section, some ② one copy (e.g. of a document)
実情 【じつじょう】real condition, actual circumstances, actual state of affairs
戸 【こ】counter for houses
委託 【いたく】consign (goods (for sale) to a firm), entrust (person with something), commit
運営 【うんえい】management, administration, operation
運輸 【うんゆ】transportation
会見 【かいけん】interview, audience
会談 【かいだん】conversation, conference, discussion, interview
改革 【かいかく】reform, reformation, innovation
開催 【かいさい】holding a meeting, open an exhibition
開拓 【かいたく】① reclamation (of wasteland), cultivation ② pioneering, pathfinding, trail-blazing
外相 【がいしょう】Foreign Minister
確保 【かくほ】guarantee, maintain, ensure, insure, secure, reservation
確立 【かくりつ】① establishment, settlement ② to establish, to settle
勧告 【かんこく】advice, counsel, remonstrance, recommendation
官僚 【かんりょう】bureaucrat, bureaucracy
幹部 【かんぶ】management, (executive) staff, leaders, leadership, top brass, upper echelons
機構 【きこう】mechanism, organization, organisation
規定 【きてい】regulation, provisions
拒否 【きょひ】denial, veto, rejection, refusal
協会 【きょうかい】association, society, organization, organisation
協議 【きょうぎ】conference, consultation, discussion, negotiation
協定 【きょうてい】arrangement, pact, agreement
業者 【ぎょうしゃ】① trader, merchant ② manufacturer, contractor
業務 【ぎょうむ】business, affairs, duties, work, procedure, task, action, function
勤務 【きんむ】service, duty, work
緊急 【きんきゅう】urgent, pressing, emergency
決議 【けつぎ】resolution, vote, decision
決勝 【けっしょう】decision of a contest, finals (in sports)
結成 【けっせい】formation, combination
検事 【けんじ】public prosecutor
原則 【げんそく】principle, general rule
交渉 【こうしょう】① negotiations, discussions ② connection
公団 【こうだん】public corporation
行為 【こうい】act, deed, conduct
行政 【ぎょうせい】administration
再建 【さいけん】rebuilding, reconstruction, rehabilitation
財政 【ざいせい】financial affairs, public finance
指令 【しれい】orders, instructions, directive, command
支持 【しじ】support, maintenance
施設 【しせつ】① institution, establishment, facility ② (army) engineer
資金 【しきん】funds, capital
辞職 【じしょく】resignation
主権 【しゅけん】sovereignty, supremacy, dominion
主食 【しゅしょく】staple food
収容 【しゅうよう】① accommodation, reception, housing ② seating ③ custody ④ admission ⑤ entering (in a dictionary)
従来 【じゅうらい】up to now, so far, traditional, existing (e.g. equipment)
所得 【しょとく】income, earnings
証人 【しょうにん】witness
情勢 【じょうせい】state of things, state of affairs, condition, situation, circumstances
条約 【じょうやく】treaty, pact
職員 【しょくいん】staff member, personnel
審議 【しんぎ】deliberation
審査 【しんさ】judging, inspection, examination, investigation
診療 【しんりょう】medical examination and treatment, diagnosis
人民 【じんみん】people, public
勢力 【せいりょく】influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy
政権 【せいけん】(political) administration, political power
政策 【せいさく】political measures, policy
声明 【せいめい】declaration, statement, proclamation
赤字 【あかじ】① deficit, (being in or going into) the red ② red text, red letters
設置 【せっち】establishment, institution
繊維 【せんい】fibre, fiber, textile
選挙 【せんきょ】election
措置 【そち】measure, measures, step
捜査 【そうさ】search (esp. in criminal investigations), investigation, inquiry, enquiry
総会 【そうかい】general meeting
促進 【そくしん】promotion, acceleration, encouragement, facilitation, spurring on
打開 【だかい】break in the deadlock
対抗 【たいこう】opposition, antagonism
退職 【たいしょく】retirement (from office)
地元 【じもと】① home area, home town ② local
調停 【ちょうてい】arbitration, conciliation, mediation
長官 【ちょうかん】secretary (government), director, chief
賃金 【ちんぎん】wages
当選 【とうせん】① being elected ② being selected (to win a prize, etc.) ③ winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
統制 【とうせい】regulation, control
内閣 【ないかく】cabinet, (government) ministry
農地 【のうち】agricultural land
廃止 【はいし】abolition, repeal
発生 【はっせい】① outbreak, spring forth, occurrence, incidence, origin ② ontogeny, development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
判決 【はんけつ】judicial decision, judgement, judgment, sentence, decree
不当 【ふとう】injustice, impropriety, unreasonableness, undeserved, unfair, invalid
負担 【ふたん】burden, charge, responsibility
復興 【ふっこう】revival, renaissance, reconstruction
物資 【ぶっし】goods, materials
弁護 【べんご】defense, defence, pleading, advocacy
補給 【ほきゅう】supply, supplying, replenishment
補助 【ほじょ】assistance, support, aid, auxiliary
報道 【ほうどう】information, report, journalism
法案 【ほうあん】bill (law)
防衛 【ぼうえい】defense, defence, protection, self-defense, self-defence
野党 【やとう】opposition party, political opposition, opposition
有力 【ゆうりょく】① influential, prominent ② strong, likely, plausible, potent
融資 【ゆうし】financing, loan
要請 【ようせい】claim, demand, request, application
要望 【ようぼう】demand for, request
連盟 【れんめい】league, union, alliance
意向 【いこう】intention, idea, inclination
総合 【そうごう】① synthesis, coordination, putting together, integration, composite ② comprehensive
取引 【とりひき】transactions, dealings, business
同盟 【どうめい】alliance, union, league
見込み 【みこみ】forecast, prospects, expectation, hope
割当 【わりあて】① allotment, assignment, allocation, quota, rationing ② binding
衣類 【いるい】clothes, clothing, garments
出火 【しゅっか】outbreak of fire
本年 【ほんねん】this (current) year
会長 【かいちょう】president (of a society), chairman
公安 【こうあん】public safety, public welfare
行使 【こうし】use, exercise
人員 【じんいん】number of persons, personnel
本社 【ほんしゃ】① head office, main office, headquarters ② main shrine ③ this company, this shrine
理事 【りじ】director, board of directors
見通 【みとおし】perspective, unobstructed view, outlook, forecast, prospect, insight, foresight, visibility
引き上げ 【ひきあげ】① pulling up, drawing up, salvage, re-floatation ② raising, increase, upward revision
局長 【きょくちょう】bureau director, office chief
具体 【ぐたい】concrete, tangible, material
県下 【けんか】prefecture
県内 【けんない】within the prefecture
言明 【げんめい】declaration, statement, assertion
合理 【ごうり】rational
国内 【こくない】internal, domestic
昨年 【さくねん】last year
市長 【しちょう】mayor
市内 【しない】(within a) city, local
書記 【しょき】clerk, secretary
商工 【しょうこう】commerce and industry
全焼 【ぜんしょう】burned down, entirely destroyed
村長 【そんちょう】village headman
多数 【たすう】① great number ② countless, majority
町村 【ちょうそん】towns and villages
投手 【とうしゅ】(baseball) pitcher
当局 【とうきょく】① authorities ② this office
当事 【とうじ】matter under concern
農林 【のうりん】agriculture and forestry
部落 【ぶらく】① hamlet, subunit of village ② burakumin area
文部 【もんぶ】Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
役員 【やくいん】officer, official, executive, staff
予選 【よせん】nomination, primary, preliminary contest
両日 【りょうじつ】both days, two days
和平 【わへい】peace
取調 【とりしらべ】investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors), examination, inquiry, enquiry
申入 【もうしいれ】proposal, offer, report, proposition, notice
楽団 【がくだん】orchestra, band
議院 【ぎいん】congress or parliament
共産 【きょうさん】① communism ② Communist Party
現場 【げんじょう】actual spot, scene, scene of the crime
公判 【こうはん】public hearing, trial
厚生 【こうせい】① welfare, public welfare, social welfare ② (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
国務 【こくむ】affairs of state
再開 【さいかい】reopening, resumption, restarting
支部 【しぶ】branch, subdivision
次官 【じかん】vice-minister, undersecretary
諸国 【しょこく】various countries (often used as suffix)
新制 【しんせい】new system
税務 【ぜいむ】taxation business
争議 【そうぎ】dispute, quarrel, strike
総務 【そうむ】general business (affairs), manager, director, adjutant general (mil)
代議 【だいぎ】representing others in a conference
大蔵省 【おおくらしょう】(former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000)
届出 【とどけで】report, notification
被告 【ひこく】defendant, the accused
民主 【みんしゅ】① democracy, popular sovereignty ② democratic
無職 【むしょく】without an occupation
容疑 【ようぎ】suspect, charge
労組 【ろうくみ】labor union, labour union
値上げ 【ねあげ】price hike, mark-up
戦後 【せんご】postwar period, period after Second World War
輸入量 【ゆにゅうりょう】import volume
閣議 【かくぎ】cabinet meeting
閣僚 【かくりょう】cabinet ministers
官房 【かんぼう】government secretariat
既存 【きそん】existing
起訴 【きそ】prosecution, indictment
教諭 【きょうゆ】teacher
警視 【けいし】police superintendent, metropolitan police
検挙 【けんきょ】arrest, roundup
検察 【けんさつ】examination, prosecutor
拘留 【こうりゅう】detention, hold a person in custody
鋼鉄 【こうてつ】steel
懇談 【こんだん】informal talk
執行 【しっこう】① enforcement, performance, execution, exercise, service ② pursuit of knowledge, studying, learning, training, ascetic practice (practise), discipline
出納 【すいとう】receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
総裁 【そうさい】president
総統 【そうとう】① supreme ruler, generalissimo ② president (of Taiwan) ③ fuhrer, fuehrer
送検 【そうけん】sending the person accused to the prosecutor
懲役 【ちょうえき】penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
添削 【てんさく】correction, looking over, touching up
闘争 【とうそう】strife, conflict
同郷 【どうきょう】same village, same town, same province
両氏 【りょうし】both persons
取締 【とりしまり】control, management, supervision
引き揚げる 【ひきあげる】① to pull up, to drag up, to lift up ② to increase, to raise (e.g. taxes) ③ to withdraw, to leave, to pull out, to retire ④ to return home
保守的 【ほしゅてき】conservative