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事務局 (jimukyoku) Japanese meaning: secretariat | Kotomora

事じ務む局きょく

じ

む

きょ

く

Meanings

1

secretariat; executive office

Refers to the administrative office or bureau that handles the day-to-day affairs of an organization, committee, or conference.

大たい会かいの事じ務む局きょくは市し役やく所しょの中なかにあります。

The conference secretariat is located inside the city hall.

事じ務む局きょくに問とい合あわせてください。

Please contact the executive office.

Usage patterns

事じ務む局きょくを設せっ置ちするto set up/establish a secretariat
国こく際さい会かい議ぎのために臨りん時じの事じ務む局きょくを設せっ置ちした。
A temporary secretariat was set up for the international conference.
事じ務む局きょくに問とい合あわせるto make an inquiry to the secretariat
詳くわしいことは事じ務む局きょくに問とい合あわせてください。
Please contact the secretariat for further details.
事じ務む局きょくが主しゅ催さいするfor the secretariat to host/organize (an event)
このセミナーは学がっ会かい事じ務む局きょくが主しゅ催さいしている。
This seminar is organized by the society's secretariat.

Kanji

事matter, thing, fact
務task, duties
局bureau, board, office

Related words

事じ務む所しょN5
事務所 is a general-purpose office, while 事務局 specifically denotes the secretariat or administrative bureau of an organization, committee, or conference.
書しょ記き局きょく
事務局 is the general term for an administrative office or bureau, while 書記局 specifically denotes a secretariat handling secretarial and record-keeping duties, often in political or international bodies.
官かん房ぼう
官房 refers specifically to a central administrative office within a government ministry or agency, while 事務局 is a more general term for any secretariat, whether governmental or private.
総そう務む局きょく
総務局 handles broad general administrative affairs for an organization, whereas 事務局 refers specifically to the secretariat that runs the day-to-day operations of a group, project, or event.

Don't confuse with

事じ務む当とう局きょく
事務局 is the secretariat or office that carries out administrative work, whereas 事務当局 refers to the officials themselves who hold responsibility over a matter.

Word family

連れん絡らく事じ務む局きょく
de-facto embassy; liaison office

Built from

事じ務む+局きょく

Etymology

Compound of 事務 (じむ, 'office work') and 局 (きょく, 'bureau' or 'office').