Illustration: Inside a Japanese government weather agency, a broad operations room connects observation, analysis, and public communication. Staff examine a large coastline map with storm shapes and projected paths but no lettering.

JLPT N1suffixLevel estimated by Bebop

庁ちょう

chou

government agency

Commonly appears in agency names. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 気象庁きしょうちょうは注意ちゅういを呼よびかけている。

    The Meteorological Agency is urging caution.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 三重県みえけんの県庁けんちょう所在地しょざいちは津市つしです。

    Mie Prefecture’s capital is Tsu City.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 都道府県とどうふけん庁ちょう所在地しょざいちは大津市おおつし。

    The capital of the prefecture is located in Otsu City.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 庁

  • 庁government officeOnチョウ・テイKunやくしょ

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