Illustration: At a Japanese neighborhood sports day, the central organizing tent overlooks several activities across a school field. Beneath it, a coordinator uses a handheld radio while directing an arriving steward toward one end of the grounds.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

本ほん部ぶ

honbu

headquarters, head office

Example sentences

このプレハブ小屋こやが本部ほんぶなの？
This prefab cabin is HQ?
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
県警察けんけいさつ本部ほんぶ長ちょうは警察官けいさつかんの綱紀こうきを正ただそうとした。
The prefectural police chief tried to tighten his police officers' discipline.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
大学だいがく本部ほんぶはニューヨークに分校ぶんこうを設立せつりつすることを決定けっていした。
The University Administration decided to set up a branch campus in New York.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 本部

本book; presentOnホンKunもと
部section; bureauOnブ

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