局

Meaning

局 centers on a bounded space or situation with a defined role: a bureau or office, a specific affair or matter, and by extension a court lady's apartment or her position. The idea of a conclusion fits as the closing of such a bounded matter.

• 結局けっきょく
  N3

  after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually

• 局きょく
  N2

  bureau; department

• 当局とうきょく
  N1

  authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned

• 局長きょくちょう

  bureau director; office chief

• テレビ局テレビきょく
  N4

  television station

• 薬局やっきょく
  N2

  pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop)

• 局面きょくめん

  position in a game; state of the game

• 支局しきょく
  N1

  branch office

• 対局たいきょく

  (playing a) game (of go, shogi, etc.)

• 破局はきょく
  N1

  catastrophe; cataclysm

• 局員きょくいん

  clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff

• 部局ぶきょく

  department; bureau; section; part

• 局地きょくち

  locality; local area; limited area

• 政局せいきょく
  N1

  political situation

• 国税局こくぜいきょく

  revenue office; taxation bureau

• 開局かいきょく

  opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.); establishment

• 医局いきょく

  medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office

• 同局どうきょく

  the said bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.)

• 局番きょくばん

  telephone exchange number

• 終局しゅうきょく

  end; close; conclusion

• 難局なんきょく

  difficult situation

• 局留めきょくどめ

  general delivery; counter collection; poste restante

• 時局じきょく

  situation; state of things; current affairs

• 事務局じむきょく

  secretariat; executive office

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