支し部ぶ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

A local or subordinate office, chapter, or division of an organization. Often contrasted with 本部 (headquarters).

〈場ば所しょ〉に支し部ぶを置おくto have a branch office in a place
その団だん体たいは大おお阪さかにも支し部ぶを置おいている。
The organization also has a branch in Osaka.
支し部ぶを設せつ立りつするto establish a branch
来らい月げつ、東とう京きょうに新あたらしい支し部ぶを設せつ立りつする予よ定ていです。
We plan to establish a new branch in Tokyo next month.
支し部ぶに所しょ属ぞくするto belong to a branch
彼かれは労ろう働どう組くみ合あいの地ち方ほう支し部ぶに所しょ属ぞくしている。
He belongs to a regional branch of the labor union.

支し社しゃN1
支社 is specifically a company's regional branch office, whereas 支部 is used more broadly for branches of associations, unions, or political parties.
分ぶん会かい
分会 refers to a small local chapter within a larger organization, similar to 支部 but often used for grassroots or union-level subdivisions.
細さい胞ぼうN1
細胞 in the organizational sense refers to a small, often secretive cell within a movement or party, whereas 支部 is a more general, openly acknowledged branch office.

本ほん部ぶN2
本部 is the headquarters or main office of an organization, while 支部 is a subordinate branch or local chapter.

Compound of 支 (branch, support) and 部 (section, department). The spelling directly reflects the meaning of a subordinate organizational unit.