Japanese Loanwords about Society and Institutions

A dog trained to guide a blind person.

An academy or scholarly institution.

Relating to study, scholarship, or schools and universities.

A Christian love feast or fellowship meal.

Abbreviation of 'agitation', usually in a political or social context.

The indigenous people and empire centered in central Mexico before the Spanish conquest.

An organized group, society, or formal relationship between people or things.

Admission without charge.

A system of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by law or policy.

An event modeled on the Olympics for people with disabilities.

The Afrikaans language.

An official pardon for offenses.

A high-ranking Shiite religious leader.

The Islamic name for God.

A ruling upper class.

A claim or evidence that someone was elsewhere when an offense happened.

The letters used in a writing system.

A Catholic devotion or prayer said at set times of day.

An antenna, or a figurative source for gathering information or public opinion.

The Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus.

The central figure of Christianity.

A religious icon, especially in Eastern Christian tradition.

The Islamic religion.

An event, occurrence, or happening.

A character or person used to represent a brand, campaign, or organization.

A person with inside knowledge or access.

An institution, especially a formal organization or established system.

Relating to or involving several countries.

An interview in print, on TV, or in another media setting.

The educated intellectual class.

Information gathering or secret-service intelligence.

A waiver or formal relinquishment of a right, claim, or rule.

Won; the currency of South Korea and North Korea.

A non-human being from another world; also, someone from a foreign place.

The movement or principle of unity among Christian churches.

Ecology; also the environmental movement or environmentalism.

Relating to ethnicity or ethnic style.

The constructed international auxiliary language Esperanto.

The name Jehovah, and by extension Jehovah's Witnesses.

A diplomatic office that represents one country in another country.

A symbol, badge, or mark that represents a person, group, or institution.

A system in which employees manage an enterprise, or in which owners jointly manage a building or housing block.

A conservative established group, especially older members of a political or social organization.

Self-stimulation of the genitals for sexual pleasure.

Formal or authorized by an institution.

Not for publication or official attribution.

An archaic word for a prayer or supplication.

A public advocate or complaint mediator for an institution.