noun:

• Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001) - abbreviation ➜ 文部省

noun / ~する noun:

• sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways ［よこばい］

noun:

• leafhopper (insect); jassid - usually written using kana alone
• sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ ヨコバイガラガラヘビ
• levelling off (of prices, etc.); stabilizing

noun:

• national polity ➜ 国家体制
• National Athletic Meet - abbreviation ➜ 国民体育大会

noun:

• postal (post-office) savings (deposit) - abbreviation ➜ 郵便貯金【ゆうびんちょきん】

noun:

• long-distance relay race - abbreviation ➜ 駅伝競走
• stagecoach; post horse

noun:

• life insurance - abbreviation ➜ 生命保険
• livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare - abbreviation ➜ 生活保護【せいかつほご】

noun / ~する noun:

• general comment - abbreviation ➜ 総合評価

noun:

• Sohyo (General Council of Trade Unions of Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 日本労働組合総評議会

noun:

• rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel
• reinforced concrete - abbreviation ➜ 鉄筋コンクリート

noun:

• speech; tongue; talk; eloquence ［弁・辯］

suffix noun:

• dialect; brogue; accent ［弁・辯］

noun:

• bento; Japanese box lunch ［弁・辨］ - abbreviation ➜ 弁当【べんとう】
• petal ［弁・瓣］ ➜ 花弁【はなびら】

noun / ~の noun:

• valve ［弁・瓣］

noun:

• Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices ［弁・辨］ ➜ 太政官・弁官

noun:

• West Germany (1949-1990) - abbreviation ➜ 西ドイツ【にしドイツ】

noun / ~の noun:

• red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors)

noun:

• two teams; two groups
• Red and White singing contest; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK) - abbreviation ➜ 紅白歌合戦【こうはくうたがっせん】

noun / ~の noun:

• high school graduate - abbr. of 高等学校卒業 - abbreviation

noun:

• Jōmon period - abbreviation ➜ 縄文時代【じょうもんじだい】
• straw-rope pattern

noun:

• capacity; volume
• capacitance - abbreviation ➜ 電気容量

noun:

• departure; setting off; start
• being used up; being consumed; being burnt out
• passage of time; lapse
• rehearsal - abbreviation ➜ 立ち稽古【たちげいこ】
• leading male role in kabuki - abbreviation ➜ 立ち役【たちやく】
• rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; faceoff - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ 立会い【たちあい】

prefix:

• verb prefix conveying emphasis and sometimes formality

noun:

• work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; on-the-job accident - abbreviation ➜ 労働災害
• workers' compensation insurance - abbreviation ➜ 労災保険

noun:

• investment trust - abbreviation ➜ 投資信託

noun:

• outfield - Baseball term ➜ 内野【ないや】
• outfielder - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 外野手【がいやしゅ】
• outfield bleachers - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 外野席
• third party; outsider; onlooker; bystander

noun:

• aircraft carrier - abbreviation ➜ 航空母艦【こうくうぼかん】

noun:

• terminal; computer terminal - abbreviation - IT term ➜ 端末装置
• information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 携帯端末【けいたいたんまつ】・通信端末【つうしんたんまつ】・情報端末【じょうほうたんまつ】
• end (e.g. of a roll of film)

noun:

• automobile sales - abbreviation

noun:

• program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme - abbreviation ➜ 演奏曲目

noun / ~する noun:

• joining; joint
• intermediation; acting as an intermediary

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• relaying; taking over

noun:

• middle relief pitcher; middle reliever - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 中継ぎ投手
• pole-shaped item with a join in the middle
• tea container with a lid that is the same size as the body

noun:

• transfer; switching over; change
• money transfer (usu. between accounts held by the same person)
• postal transfer - abbreviation ➜ 郵便振替

noun:

• World Bank - abbreviation