Japanese Translation Note

Japanese to English translations

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)

Miscellaneous

• 悪臭対策 - preventive measures against unpleasant odors

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