当とう該がい官かん庁ちょう

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Meanings

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noun

the competent authorities; the authorities concerned

Formal term used in legal, administrative, or official contexts to refer to the government office or agency with jurisdiction over a matter.

申しん請せい書しょは当とう該がい官かん庁ちょうに提てい出しゅつしてください。

Please submit the application form to the competent authorities.

当とう該がい官かん庁ちょうの許きょ可かが必ひつ要ようです。

Permission from the authorities concerned is required.

Kanji

当hit, right, appropriate
該above-stated, the said, that specific
官bureaucrat, the government, organ
庁government office

Related words

関かん係けい官かん庁ちょう
関係官庁 means 'related government offices' more broadly, while 当該官庁 specifically refers to the office directly responsible or competent for the matter at hand.
所しょ轄かつ官かん庁ちょう
所轄官庁 emphasizes the office having jurisdiction over a specific area or matter, similar to 当該官庁 but often used in the context of regulatory oversight.

Built from

当とう該がい+官かん庁ちょう

Etymology

Compound of 当該 (tōgai, 'the relevant, the said') and 官庁 (kanchō, 'government office'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with formal administrative language.