大たい使し館かん

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Meanings

embassy

Refers to the diplomatic mission building or the institution itself. Often used with location particles に/で.

〈場ば所しょ〉の大たい使し館かんthe embassy of (a country)
日本にほんの大たい使し館かんはロンドンにあります。
Japan's embassy is in London.
大たい使し館かんに行いくto go to the embassy
パスポートを再さい発はっ行こうしてもらうために大たい使し館かんに行いった。
I went to the embassy to get my passport reissued.
大たい使し館かんでビザを申しん請せいするto apply for a visa at the embassy
留りゅう学がくのためにアメリカ大たい使し館かんでビザを申しん請せいした。
I applied for a visa at the American embassy to study abroad.
大たい使し館かんに相そう談だんするto consult the embassy (about a problem)
海かい外がいでトラブルに遭あったら、まず大たい使し館かんに相そう談だんしてください。
If you run into trouble abroad, first consult the embassy.

在ざい外がい公こう館かん
大使館 means specifically 'embassy', while 在外公館 is the broader official term covering embassies, consulates, and other overseas diplomatic offices.

領りょう事じ館かんN1
大使館 is the main diplomatic mission that handles political relations, while 領事館 is a consulate that mainly provides services to citizens like passport renewals.
公こう使し館かん
大使館 is today's standard term for an embassy, whereas 公使館 refers to a legation, an older and lower-ranked diplomatic mission that is now rarely used.
迎げい賓ひん館かん
迎賓館 is a state guest house used to receive and entertain visiting dignitaries, while 大使館 is a country's diplomatic embassy office abroad, so the two are easily mixed up despite different functions.

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公こう館かん
大使館 refers to an embassy as an institution or office, while 公館 can denote an official's residence itself, though the two overlap in diplomatic contexts like 在外公館.
外がい務む省しょうN2
外務省 is Japan's central ministry overseeing all foreign policy, whereas 大使館 is a single embassy representing Japan (or another country) abroad.

Compound of 大使 (ambassador) + 館 (building, hall). A straightforward Sino-Japanese word.