Meanings

government-controlled gambling

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half

authorized absence

authorized absence

absence permission slip

absence permission slip

official publication

to make public

public sector

completely out in the open

(crime of) public indecency

training institute for civil servants

Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)

Ecumenical Council

official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)

nature park

free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship

least common multiple

three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)