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出張所 (しゅっちょうじょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

出しゅっ張ちょう所じょ

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

branch office; agency; sub-branch

A small office set up away from the main office to handle local business or provide services. Often used for government, company, or bank branches.

市し役やく所しょの出しゅっ張ちょう所じょ

で

住じゅう

民みん

票ひょう

を

取と

っ

た

。

I got a certificate of residence at the city hall branch office.

銀ぎん行こうの出しゅっ張ちょう所じょが駅えき前まえにできた。

A bank sub-branch opened in front of the station.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に出しゅっ張ちょう所じょを設せっ置ちするto set up a branch office in a place
市しは郊こう外がいに新あたらしい出しゅっ張ちょう所じょを設せっ置ちした。
The city set up a new branch office in the suburbs.
出しゅっ張ちょう所じょで手て続つづきをするto complete procedures at a branch office
税ぜい金きんの支し払はらいは市し役やく所しょの出しゅっ張ちょう所じょでも手て続つづきができる。

Kanji

出exit, leave, go out
張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread
所place, extent

Related words

支し店てんN3
支店 is a full, often larger branch office with its own independent operations, while 出張所 is a smaller satellite office set up for local convenience.
営えい業ぎょう所しょ
営業所 focuses on sales or business operations at a location, whereas 出張所 emphasizes being a temporary or detached branch for handling local matters.
分ぶん室しつ
出張所 is a sub-office set up for a specific task or temporary purpose away from the main office, whereas 分室 is a more permanent detached unit of an organization.
支し所しょ
出張所 is a smaller, often temporary or regional field office, while 支所 is a more permanent local branch of an organization.

Opposites

本ほん部ぶN2
出張所 is a small satellite office handling local business, while 本部 is the main headquarters that oversees all such branches.

Don't confuse with

出しゅっ張ちょうN4
出張 means a business trip taken by a person, while 出張所 refers to the physical branch office itself, not a trip.

Built from

出しゅっ張ちょう+所しょ

Etymology

Compound of 出張 (business trip, going out on business) and 所 (place, office). Literally 'place for going out on business', referring to a small office set up away from the main location.

You can also complete tax payment procedures at the city hall's branch office.