vocab dash
Log inSign up
省しょう
Top 20000
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. ministry; department
2. province (of China)
Prefix
3. saving; conserving
Kanji used
省cut down and focus
Pitch accent
しょう
Used in vocabulary
外がい務む省しょう
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Noun
大おお蔵くら省しょう
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
Noun
厚こう生せい省しょう
(former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
Noun
運うん輸ゆ省しょう
Ministry of Transport
Noun
文もん部ぶ省しょう
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
Noun
郵ゆう政せい省しょう
(former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
Noun
建けん設せつ省しょう
Ministry of Construction
Noun
労ろう働どう省しょう
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Noun
国こく務む省しょう
Department of State (US); State Department
Noun
法ほう務む省しょう
Ministry of Justice
Noun
文もん部ぶ科か学がく省しょう
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
Noun
環かん境きょう省しょう
Ministry of the Environment
Noun
Examples2
The ministry administers the internal affairs.
2002: President Bush signs the Homeland Security Act and it becomes an official Cabinet agency.