(しょう) (n,n-suf) (1) ministry; department; (2) province (of China); (n-pref) (3) (See 省スペース) saving; conserving [EDICT]
(shěng, ㄕㄥˇ) frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province [CE-DICT]
(xǐng, ㄒㄧㄥˇ) introspection; to examine oneself critically; awareness; to visit (an elderly relative) [CE-DICT]
局
(きょく) (n,n-suf) (1) channel (i.e. TV or radio); station; department; (2) affair; situation; (P) [EDICT]
(つぼね) (n) (1) court lady; lady-in-waiting (Heian period); (2) (See 曹司・1) separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady) (Heian period); (3) room for a very low class prostitute; (4) (See 局女郎) very low class prostitute [EDICT]
(り) (n) (1) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles); (2) (See 郷里制,国郡里制) neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); (3) (See 条里制) unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m); (P) [EDICT]
(さと) (n) (1) village; hamlet; (2) countryside; country; (3) (里 only) home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown; (4) (里 only) (See 御里) one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past [EDICT]
(lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ) inside; internal; interior; lining; village; basic unit of city administration [CE-DICT]
(lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ) Chinese mile (approx. 0.5 km); neighborhood; hometown; surname Li [CE-DICT]
都
(と) (n,adj-no) metropolitan; municipal [EDICT]
(みやこ) (n) capital; metropolis; (P) [EDICT]
(dōu, ㄉㄡ) all; both (if two things are involved); entirely (due to) each; even; already [CE-DICT]
(dū, ㄉㄨ) capital city; metropolis; surname Du [CE-DICT]
要
(かなめ) (n) (1) pivot; (2) vital point; cornerstone; keystone; (3) (See 要黐) Japanese photinia; (P) [EDICT]
