本ほん部ぶ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

The central administrative office of an organization, company, or group. Often contrasted with 支部 (branch office).

〈場ば所しょ〉に本ほん部ぶを置おくto establish headquarters in a place
その会かい社しゃは東とう京きょうに本ほん部ぶを置おいている。
The company has its headquarters in Tokyo.
本ほん部ぶを設せっ置ちするto set up a headquarters (often for a temporary task force)
災さい害がい対たい応おうのため本ほん部ぶを設せっ置ちした。
They set up a headquarters to respond to the disaster.
本ほん部ぶに連れん絡らくするto contact headquarters
現げん場ばから本ほん部ぶに連れん絡らくした。
We contacted headquarters from the site.

本ほん社しゃN4
本社 refers specifically to a company's main office, whereas 本部 is a broader term used for the headquarters of companies, government bodies, or other organizations.
本ほん拠きょ地ち
本部 is the general term for a headquarters or main office, while 本拠地 emphasizes a strategic or central base of operations, often with military or sports connotations.
総そう本ほん山ざん
本部 is the neutral, everyday word for an organization's headquarters, whereas 総本山 (used figuratively) adds a sense of being the ultimate origin or authority.
司し令れい部ぶ
本部 is a neutral term for the headquarters of any organization, while 司令部 specifically denotes a military or command-oriented headquarters.
本ほん拠きょ
本部 is the standard word for an organization's headquarters, while 本拠 stresses the idea of a main stronghold or base of operations, sometimes military in nuance.

支し部ぶ
本部 is the central headquarters of an organization, while 支部 is a local branch or chapter under it.
出しゅっ張ちょう所じょ
出張所 is a small satellite office handling local business, while 本部 is the main headquarters that oversees all such branches.
分ぶん室しつ
本部 is the main headquarters of an organization, while 分室 is a small detached office branching off from it.

党とう本ほん部ぶ
party headquarters
本ほん部ぶ長ちょう
general manager; director-general; head of a headquarters
事じ業ぎょう本ほん部ぶ
corporate headquarters; business division; group
対たい策さく本ほん部ぶ
countermeasures headquarters; task force; emergency operations center
捜そう査さ本ほん部ぶ
investigation headquarters

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消しょう防ぼう本ほん部ぶ
fire department headquarters; fire defense headquarters
統とう括かつ本ほん部ぶ
general headquarters; central coordinating headquarters
選せん対たい本ほん部ぶ
election headquarters
県けん警けい察さつ本ほん部ぶ
prefectural police headquarters
災さい害がい対たい策さく本ほん部ぶ
disaster countermeasures headquarters; disaster response headquarters

Compound of 本 (hon, 'main') and 部 (bu, 'division, department'). The reading is on'yomi.