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官庁 (kanchou) Japanese meaning: government office | Kotomora

官かん庁ちょう

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

government office; government agency; authorities

Refers to administrative organs of the state, including ministries, agencies, and local government offices. Often used in formal or news contexts.

新あたらしい官かん庁ちょうが

霞かすみ

が

関せき

に

建けん

設せつ

さ

れ

た

。

A new government office was built in Kasumigaseki.

官かん庁ちょうへの届とどけ出でが必ひつ要ようです。

Notification to the authorities is required.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が官かん庁ちょうに勤つとめるfor someone to work at a government office
兄あには中ちゅう央おう官かん庁ちょうに勤つとめている。
My older brother works at a central government agency.
官かん庁ちょうと交こう渉しょうするto negotiate with a government agency
その企き業ぎょうは官かん庁ちょうと交こう渉しょうを続つづけている。
The company keeps negotiating with the government agency.

Kanji

官bureaucrat, the government, organ
庁government office

Related words· 6

役やく所しょN2
役所 is the general word for a public office, especially local government offices, while 官庁 usually refers to central or higher-level government agencies.
省しょう庁ちょう
省庁 specifically means the ministries and agencies of the central government, whereas 官庁 is broader and can include local offices too.
官かん公こう庁ちょう
官公庁 collectively covers both national and local government offices, while 官庁 more narrowly emphasizes national administrative bodies.
政せい庁ちょう
官庁 is the general term for any government agency or ministry, while 政庁 specifically denotes the seat or headquarters of a government, often with a historical or regional nuance.

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庁ちょう舎しゃ
官庁 refers to a government agency as an organization or institution, whereas 庁舎 refers to the actual building it occupies.
当とう局きょくN1
官庁 is a general term for any government agency, whereas 当局 stresses the authority in charge of the issue at hand.

Don't confuse with

官かん邸ていN1
官邸 refers specifically to an official residence (like the Prime Minister's), while 官庁 refers to a government administrative office in general.
官かん庁ちょう街がいN2
官庁 means a single government office or agency, whereas 官庁街 means the whole neighborhood where many such offices are clustered together.

Word family· 14

官かん庁ちょう街がいN2
government district; government office area
一いっ般ぱん官かん庁ちょう
general government office
中ちゅう央おう官かん庁ちょう
central government agencies; central bureaucracy

Etymology

Compound of 官 (government, official) and 庁 (government office, agency). The kanji 庁 originally referred to a hall or office for official business.

地ち

方ほう

官かん

庁ちょう

local government office

当とう該がい官かん庁ちょう

the competent authorities; the authorities concerned

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政せい策さく官かん庁ちょう
administrative government agency; policy-making government agency
現げん業ぎょう官かん庁ちょう
government agency providing public services; government agency involved in public enterprise
発はっ行こう官かん庁ちょう
issuing authority
監かん督とく官かん庁ちょう
supervisory authority; competent authorities
管かん海かい官かん庁ちょう
maritime authority; marine office

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