刑部

けいぶ

Ministry of Justice (Tang-dynasty China)

式部省

しきぶしょう

(Nara and Heian era) ministry of ceremonies

兵部省

ひょうぶしょう

ministry in charge of military affairs (ritsuryō period)

治部省

じぶしょう おさむるつかさ

Ministry of Civil Administration (under the ritsuryo system)

教部省

きょうぶしょう

Ministry of Religious Education (1872-1877)

民部省

みんぶしょう たみのつかさ

Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871)

文部省

もんぶしょう

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

部長刑事

ぶちょうけいじ

detective-sergeant

文部科学省

もんぶかがくしょう

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, MEXT

刑

けい

penalty, sentence, punishment

省

しょう

ministry, department

刑律

けいりつ

criminal law

刑獄

けいごく

jail, gaol, punishment

刑余

けいよ

previous conviction

極刑

きょっけい

capital punishment, extreme penalty, ultimate punishment

主刑

しゅけい

principal penalty

墨刑

ぼくけい ぼっけい

tattooing (form of punishment in ancient China)

宮刑

きゅうけい

ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, confinement for women)

刑罰

けいばつ

judgement, judgment, penalty, punishment