(n) ellipsis
(n) (comp) default value
(n,adj-no) unconsciousness
(n) Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (Meiji-Taisho)
(n) matters (issues) that need be reconsidered (reflected on)
(n) service at the Head Office
(n) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
METI
(n) Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
(n) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
(n) (comp) power saver (feature)
(n) (comp) default entity
(n) (comp) mandatory
cannot be omitted
(n) (obs) treasury bill
TB
(n) (former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
MITI
(n) Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
MAFF
(n) Minister for Culture and Tourism
(n) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
MEXT
(exp,v5k) to exclude wastefulness
(exp) to save labor
to save labour
(n) (comp) asyndetic
(n) holiday traffic congestion caused by people travelling to their hometowns en masse
(n) energy-saving power strip (power board)
(n) energy conservation
economical use of energy
(P)
(n) (comp) truncated representation
(n) Japan's 2001 central government restructuring
(exp,adj-f) showing no sign of remorse or regret
(n) Department of Homeland Security
DHS
(exp) each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country (lit: when there are ministries, there is no country)
(n) Department of Homeland Security
DHS
(exp) to reflect upon one's deeds