官かん廨かい

noun

government office; government agency

Rare and formal term for a government office or agency. In modern Japanese, 官衙 (かんが) is a more common kanji compound for this meaning, and 役所 is the everyday word.

See also: 官衙

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「官かん廨かい」という表ひょう記きが見みられるが、現げん代だいではほとんど使つかわれない。

  The notation '官廨' can be found in old documents, but it is hardly used today.